From VB.Net to C#

[StrangerInBeijing]

Hi,

I will be moving to C# now (used vb6 > vb.net before).

Wondering if someone know about a nice "crash course" highlighting the most important things one got to know is such case (I mean, I allready know the framework kinda, IDE, blah blah blah)

Anyone?

[nebulom]

I don't know much about this C# thing but if you look to the %Installed Directory%\VC#, you can find a C# Language Specification which detail a simple but elegant tutorial in C#. IDE is editor dependent process. You can manage to go through help files and about namespace and objects of the Framework, you can always refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/.

[dj4uk]

Take a look at the attached C#/VB.NET comparison cheet sheet. Should help you get up to speed.

DJ

[mendhak]

I was working primaly in VB.NET when I had to make an immediate jump to C#. It was difficult... for about 3 hours.

I realized that if you know the framework, you know both the languages. That easy, about 90% of the time. So fret not!

[StrangerInBeijing]

Thanx DJ & Mendhak,

Guess I'm just too worried, as Monday I start at mothership (MS!)...and well, you know.....

I will dig into it tomorrow, after working through the comparison cheet sheet dj4uk gave us (Thanx mate, it's so great, I realized that I don't even know all the VB syntax..ha ha)

Cheers!

Not so Stranger Anymore

[mendhak]

You can also copy paste and convert here:

http://www.developerfusion.com/utili...btocsharp.aspx

[fret]

I was working primaly in VB.NET when I had to make an immediate jump to C#. It was difficult... for about 3 hours.

I realized that if you know the framework, you know both the languages. That easy, about 90% of the time. So fret not!

are you talking to me?

[mendhak]

are you talking to me?

I knew you'd reply.

[StrangerInBeijing]

grrrrr.....tomorrow I gonna have fretting frog for dinner (easy here in China....and quite tasty too!)

Shurrup or give advice

[Mike Collier]

Hi,

I will be moving to C# now (used vb6 > vb.net before).

Wondering if someone know about a nice "crash course"

I have a C# stock control example you can have www.adoanywhere.com , please feel free to use the source and give to others. It was developed from a WIN32 application purely as a learning exercise but it is stable and shows a few techniques.

Check out the standard forms that it uses for the user interface. It implements Refresh, Apply, Ok, Cancel in a standard manner. I havn't seen other examples of this yet.

It also controls grid displays according to settings in your database (handy for hiding columns according to the user).

It uses a remote server for its data so you can see a little about how to do that (n-tier) - it uses an XMLDataDocument as the basis for all data handling.

If anybody thinks this is worth following up I will document it some more and make more people aware of it.

Hello to those in this group who havn't heard from me for a while..

All the best. Mike Colier. www.adoanywhere.com

[StrangerInBeijing]

Hi Mike!

Thanks a lot, I'm sure this will be very helpfull. Just waiting for my user account (from Redmont apparantly...whooaa) then I can install VS (Whidbey they say...woaaa again).

In mean time I'm reading this documents that comes with when you install SharpDevelop (C# language spec, etc) and suggest anyone that are in the same sitution than me do the same. One of those docs that uses all this funny english words, but it covers a lot)

Thanx again for your input (Not talking to frogs and frets)

Cheers!

[Pirate]

If you already know the stuff behind the framework and how .NET app works , I found the fastest way to adopt C# (if you're coming from VB.NET route) is to rewrite your old apps (in any lang) in C# . This is more interesting , encourging , and time-saving . my 2cent.

[StrangerInBeijing]

yeah, that's a cool idea. not going that route though, as the stuff I did the last year or so at my previous employer make me wanna throw up.

But all this little sample apps I've written (like when for instance you experiment with hashtables when you try to figure it out) will be just cool...so thanx mate.

but just been thinking...would be cool if there was some thread with "program ideas", grouped by complexity level, with short specs for applications, components, etc. Dig me? someone think it's an idea and know how to take it from here?

[Pirate]

Necessity is the mother of invention . Be creative !

[StrangerInBeijing]

Actually I'm cool with what I've got, just thought such a thread or whatever will be usefull for some new coders, practice, and so on.

Or you just read up a clever sounding phrase and had to let it out somewhere?

[Pirate]

lol , the point is that new coders should work & think harder .

[StrangerInBeijing]

Coding according to Pirate:

1) Work and Think Harder
2) Become Better
3) Make more Mistakes

[Pirate]

Coding according to Pirate:

1) Work and Think Harder
2) Become Better
3) Make more Mistakes

you left out the most important two :

0.1- Smoking is creativity stimulant .
0.2- Take Amphetamine regulary to achieve your goals just ON TIME .