VB.net - Visual Studio Community vs Visual Studio Express

Hamish McPanji

Hamish McPanji

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Am a part time VB developer from the early 2000's . I wanted to move onto something newer. Which is the recommended option from the 2 above.

Am not really able to spend a lot of time learning a new syntax, so want to stuck with VB
 
imranpanji said:
Am a part time VB developer from the early 2000's . I wanted to move onto something newer. Which is the recommended option from the 2 above.

Am not really able to spend a lot of time learning a new syntax, so want to stuck with VB
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You should never be hesitant about tackling a new language; e.g. C# is an very easy transition from VB.Net re the shared .NET frameworks.
 
[)roi(];16976555 said:
You should never be hesitant about tackling a new language; e.g. C# is an very easy transition from VB.Net re the shared .NET frameworks.
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I just use my programming knowledge to design programs that will allow me to automate and simplify certain tasks. It's not my key function

So it's useful as it saves me time. Trying to tackle a new language will be time consuming.

I use VBA for lots of data manipulation stuff. The only reason I need .Net after all this time is that it's a hardware unit that I have to pull data from and manipulate, and the SDK samples for it are in VB.net and C#. VBA will not be able to interact with the hardware as far as I know
 
In that case get Express. Smaller, less features but still does everything you'll need it for.
 
Back in the day there was sharp develop (#develop). Not sure if it is still around or if it has vb.net support
 
imranpanji said:
I just use my programming knowledge to design programs that will allow me to automate and simplify certain tasks. It's not my key function

So it's useful as it saves me time. Trying to tackle a new language will be time consuming.

I use VBA for lots of data manipulation stuff. The only reason I need .Net after all this time is that it's a hardware unit that I have to pull data from and manipulate, and the SDK samples for it are in VB.net and C#. VBA will not be able to interact with the hardware as far as I know
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No worries, most of what you do it in VBA could be cone in VB.Net, but if it works for you I guess its a ? of why change. As to the hardware unit, not sure what you mean?
If its accessed e.g. by a serial RS232/RS485 type interface or custom TCP/UDP API, then VB.Net is certainly the way to go.
 
[)roi(];16978875 said:
No worries, most of what you do it in VBA could be cone in VB.Net, but if it works for you I guess its a ? of why change. As to the hardware unit, not sure what you mean?
If its accessed e.g. by a serial RS232/RS485 type interface or custom TCP/UDP API, then VB.Net is certainly the way to go.
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It connects through the USB port. Basically an ibutton reader. Wasn't able to open a lot of the sdk samples because I didn't have the softwaew
 
DA-LION-619 said:
The iso is fine if you don't need any of the SDKs. If you do, run the .exe with the layout switch
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I did that. What a messy install. It really is a community edition. 3 or 4 items failed to install...I had to 'skip' them eventually so I dunno what is going to work and what will fail
 
imranpanji said:
I did that. What a messy install. It really is a community edition. 3 or 4 items failed to install...I had to 'skip' them eventually so I dunno what is going to work and what will fail
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Yeah by everything its EVERYTHING lol, the total folder size is way over 15gb.
 
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