[RESOLVED] Should I?

[Nightwalker83]

Hi,

Should I get .net even if I already have vb5, 6 and vc++? I just want to knoow because I don't want to buy it then findout that I could have done the stuff I wanted to in vb6.

[Dillinger4]

It matters what you want to do.
I would by VB .Net just for the
simple fact that it's not just a
version change but a big change
in the language itself.

[donut]

if you can afford it, then i say do it. personally, i love it! it's a much more powerful language than before, and you can do a lot more stuff with it (although i've barely begun to scratch the surface of it).

if you work as a programmer, then you should think of the investment of it rather than the cost.

[Jethro]

Complete revolution in vb.net from 5 & 6....

Check out Karl's tuts on home page for a brief view of some of the changes, gotta love the deployment to the web options....


One problem for us is that our supplier claims there is only vb.net standard or Visual Studio.net Professional. *** what about vb.net Professional that was being promised.....

[Cander]

Jethro,
I think VB .NET standard would have everything you could possibly need as it is not like VB6 where different versions had some controls and features missing. Everything is in the framework now and the IDE is a seperate entity that does what an IDE should.

[mandreko]

If you can afford it, you should get it.

I'm lucky, and my school gave me a free copy of Visual Studio.Net, so i have all the tools i need, along with their complimentary copy of Windows XP. Sure i can't make money with these because of the school's license, but i can learn all the stuff, and if i decide to develop for money, just put it in my purchased copy

[Cander]

Even if you dont have the money, the framework SDK is free and you cn use notepad, any text other editor, or any of the free .NET IDE's being developed.

[Nightwalker83]

Originally posted by mandreko
If you can afford it, you should get it.

I'm lucky, and my school gave me a free copy of Visual Studio.Net, so i have all the tools i need, along with their complimentary copy of Windows XP. Sure i can't make money with these because of the school's license, but i can learn all the stuff, and if i decide to develop for money, just put it in my purchased copy

How the hell did you manage to pull off a stunt like getting a copyof Visual Studio.Net for free?

[mandreko]

Originally posted by Nightwalker83


How the hell did you manage to pull off a stunt like getting a copyof Visual Studio.Net for free?

well, i guess my school is a rather nice one, technologically (IUPUI, http://www.iupui.edu ) so you can go to their bookstore and get just about any microsoft software for $5/cd, or download it from their server for free.

They must have an enterprise license for it all, since all the students go around with the same cdkeys.

I can't use this for my work, but hey, i can learn it for free :)