Advantages of VB .NET and...

[Hastings]

Are there really any advantages to VB .NET. Sure, some things are easier but is there any advantage? And, how do I connect to a local database? I can't seem to find the "Data" control in VB .NET.

[kovan]

the only advantage vb has is it lets you write bad code (by that i mean it lets you do things and in the backend it fixes your errors...)
as far as speed, there is no advantage in vb.net over the others as all use the same runtimes

[Radar]

That's a good question and I suppose the answer depends on what your application is. I personally believe that VB6/VC++6 are pretty much tops for desktop apps, despite all the hubbaloo about .NET. But .NET is probably better for large-scale cutting-edge web-based solutions.

[Cander]

Do not listen to kovan..he is trying to get everyone to C#!! Bad kovan...::smack


LOL

Advantages of VB .NET over VB6 is what I assume you are asking.

It is a full Object Oriented Language now giving you

Inheritance
Polymorphism
Overloading

And other nice features such as
True Multithreading
Slightly Cleaner syntax than VB6
Namespaces
No more dll hell.

And tons more I cant really think of right now...

[kovan]

Originally posted by Cander

And tons more I cant really think of right now...

ya can you ever?


no for real that i said is true
i suppose if your a wussy and cant code like a man, then vb.net is for you
vb.net makes thing smuch simplier than any other .net language
i guess thats its advantage

[Scott Penner]

Of course there's plenty of web based stuff in .net that wasn't even possible before. But, even without all that internet crap the .net framework allows one to build far superior applications compared to VB6.

And, even with nothing new, the development IDE would be reason enough to change.

And, ADO.net is such a huge improvement on ADO. Sadly, I just started a project with the old ADO and I'm torn between redoing the whole thing in .net and scrapping the work I've already done...

If I had my choice today, I wouldn't write another line of code in VB6. .net is that much better. Until you've created a few real projects in .net you won't realize how much better. But, once you have, you will never want to go back!!!

(Even for those C++ holdouts, the vc++ 7 is a big step up from cv++ 6, and the ATL wizards actually work now.)

[Nicomachus]

Well I think the most useful thing is the MSIL, intermediate language .. just my thoughts ..
Nico