upgrade VB6 to what? 4

[ttdobj]

I guess this is probably a silly question:

I know I should upgrade from vb6, but should I upgrade to 2002, 2003 or 2005?

I currently have VS6 and VS 2002 installed on my PC - shall I just leave it as is and carry on on 2002?

Thanks

John

 

[guitardave78]

I went from vb6 to vb 2003 and didnt get it so kept vb6
Then I tried vb2005 express and got hooked and now am convincing my place to get vs 2005!!

So my advice is get the free visual studio express versions from microsoft then if you like them get the full studio.
The express version are really really good and can be used for small projects very easily.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

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[ThatRickGuy]

Just a heads up, VB.Net (any version) is not to VB6 as VB6 was to VB5. For training purposes, I usually recommend VB6 coders to take Java classes prior to jumping into VB.Net.

If you are starting out fresh, I would recommend 2k5. If you have licenses and experience in 2k2, then stick with it for now.

-Rick

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[shannanl]

A few months ago I decided for the 3rd time I was going to transition to .net. I bought Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .Net. I would highly recommend it. Now that I have a good grasp of the basics I can see the benefits of .net. I think it is much much better than vb-6. Good luck.

 

[chrissie1]

I think the first book you should read is beginning OOP and then something with patterns an vb.net in the title and then go to the books that say beginning VB.Net and wonder what they are talking about.

And like Rick says, Java is the best way to unlearn the vb6 way and easily step into the VB.net way.

If you never heard of overloading, overriding, information hiding, inheritance, ... then it's time you learn that and then all the rest will be a walk in the park. If you do it the other way round you will be thinking about my wise words (and ricks) in a years time.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[ttdobj]

Thanks for all your excellent advice.

I have dipped into Java before, a long time ago, but it scared me. I now have more experience of programming in genreal, and understand how VB.net is coming from an OOP direction.

I don't learn well from books when other priorities are flitting about, so I was thinking about going on a VB6 to VB.Net migration course to bring my skills upto date.

Does anyone know how well the different version (and releases: express, etc) co-exist on the same system?

I have VB6 and VB.Net 2002 working together fine.

John

 

[guitardave78]

I have 6 and 2005 express running together

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