Is VB6 still popular or is VB.NET better ???
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Is VB6 still popular or is VB.NET better ???
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On its way out? It's been in the dustbin for a while mate.
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Originally Posted by arunb
VB6 is way more popular especially here :afrog:
You could've just done a search on this. It's been discussed to death, resurrected in the form of a zombie and then beaten down again.
Seriously though, it's still used a lot (mostly in existing applications rather than new development) but no longer supported by Microsoft. In answer to the question: yes and yes.
This is two questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by arunb
One: Is VB6 still popular?
Two: Is VB.NET better?
For both I would answer Yes.
And for your next Question: Yes!
Thats assuming its "Should i stay with VB6 or VB.NET?"
VB6 was a nice language, but there's no point in using it now that VB2005 Express is free. A lot of the language is the same, but the usage is different and the possibilities are far greater. In my view, anyone who insists on using VB6 is just too stubborn to move forward with the times.
And that is true of companies as well as people.Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
The only reason I got this company to move to .NET was that I convinced them their VB6 apps wouldn't work under VISTA. If not for that, I would still be doing all VB6 coding.
I have all new development being done using VB2005. My legacy apps (VB6) are just too big for one man to tackle while doing everything else, so they are, for the time being, staying in VB6.
Ha Ha Ha I know the answer, I was just checking if the moderators were active on this forum...it seems they were
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We're not really. ;)
It's not, if you need something more than the free version. And, if you're using VB in a professional environment, learning curves are VERY expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
That's not true AFAIK.Quote:
Originally Posted by penagate
Support was going to be stopped fairly shortly (2008 I think) but this has now been delayed until 2011.
In terms of the job market, I am finding that an employer is more likely to need a .Net person who knows VB6 rather than the other way round.
Support for the runtime library was extended to the lifetime of Windows Vista.
Support for the development environment ended in 2005.
Then most of those who take part in this forum are "just too stubborn to move forward with the times". See the numbers of visitors per language in the attached Jpeg file.Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
My school still uses VB5....:cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
Thread closed before this becomes yet another VB6 vs. VB.NET debate.