What's the difference?

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Nov 24th, 2005, 09:40 AM
pravric

What's the difference?

What's the diffference between vb6 and vb.net?
Please provide details

Thanks,
Pravin
Nov 24th, 2005, 10:51 AM
mendhak

Re: What's the difference?

VB6 is an older language.
VB.NET is a newer language.
VB.NET uses the .NET framework, a programming 'architecture' of sorts.
VB.NET is more Object Oriented than VB6.
VB6 can walk your dog.
VB.NET picks up the dog's poop too.
Nov 25th, 2005, 11:55 AM
Shaggy Hiker

Re: What's the difference?

There have been pages on this forum about that. Despite the crazy frog's attempt to summarize, it can hardly be done. However, there is an excellent search function. Search on .NET vs VB6, and various permutations of this, and you will get all the details you can ask for, and quite a few you don't even want. This will be a FAR better answer than you will get on this thread alone.

However, I am curious as to why you are asking. Are you trying to decide which to use for a project, which to learn, or are you writing up something? I think most people here would give you a different answer depending on what the motivation for the question was.
Nov 25th, 2005, 12:09 PM
pravric

Re: What's the difference?

I did some work in VB3 and want to get certified in vb6
Unfortunately the MS certification exams are no longer offered
I was just wondering if there will be any work around for vb6.

pravric
Nov 25th, 2005, 02:51 PM
Shaggy Hiker

Re: What's the difference?

I hadn't read your other post when I wrote that, it cleared things up a bit.

I personally feel that there will be lots of work in VB6 for perhaps another decade. After that, the work will probably shift more towards maintenance of legacy code rather than new dev as people shift to .NET. Personally, I feel that people will shift to .NET. I was reluctant, but now that I have used it a bit, I have NO desire to go back to VB6.
Nov 26th, 2005, 10:21 AM
mendhak

Re: What's the difference?

If you want to be certified, you don't have much of a choice. You'll have to do it in .NET.
Nov 26th, 2005, 12:09 PM
Ixl2

Re: What's the difference?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mendhak

If you want to be certified, you don't have much of a choice. You'll have to do it in .NET.

How do you get "certified" any way ? its a subject ive never looked into

Thanks
Nov 27th, 2005, 03:23 PM
mendhak

Re: What's the difference?

Microsoft has these exams you can take. You can do anywhere from 1 to 5. I did all 5 and now I am an MCSD.NET.

When you do just 1 exam, you are an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
When you do 3, you are an MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsd/default.asp