VB.NET Book

[Ioannis]

Any book, e-book or whatever, will be most welcome to enter the world of VB. I still would want to see some relation to PIC, connecting maybe as a peripheral device to the VB program.

Ioannis

[Acetronics2]

Any book, e-book or whatever, will be most welcome to enter the world of VB.
Ioannis

Hi, Ioannis

these ones exist ....

http://www.elektor.com/products/book...ng.12244.lynkx

http://www.elektor.fr/products/books...pc.12589.lynkx

Alain

[T.Jackson]

Looks like an interesting book.

I tell ya I would never go back to VB5 / 6 after using .NET

Trent Jackson

[mackrackit]

Looks like an interesting book.

I tell ya I would never go back to VB5 / 6 after using .NET

Trent Jackson

The last time I used any VB, 5 was fairly new.

What are the advantages and or disadvantages in using .NET?

[T.Jackson]

What are the advantages and or disadvantages in using .NET?

.NET is very similar to Java. VB.NET is half of C# in my opinion.

:: Advantages ::

# Fully object orientated ...
# Built-in libraries replace the need for quirky Windows APIs
# Just as powerful as Java

:: Disadvantages ::

# Framework is 20MB, VB6 is ~1.2
# Windows XP users need to acquire it
# GDI+ libraries are slow compared to discrete APIs


Trent Jackson

[Ioannis]

Thanks Alain.

Trent, looks like it is one way to the .NET. Despite the size of the Framework.

Is it possible to NOT include it in the produced code, assuming the user has the Framework installed already?

Ioannis

[T.Jackson]

I definitely recommend the transition to .NET, particularly if you know Java.

The framework can't be deployed within a setup executable as far as I'm aware. Around 50% of Microsoft users are now running Vista, and the framework is part of the OS. Version 2.0

Trent Jackson