No troll. What are the (legitimate) reasons people are still using VB6 ?

[VB6 Programming]

Threads like this one are always fascinating. Sometimes it seems like you are listening to a conversation with two people speaking different languages (which with VB6 and VB.Net I guess we are).

The title of this thread is "What are the (legitimate) reasons people are still using VB6 ?".
Yet many posts seem to be from VB.Net advocates. You needn't be so defensive, no one from the VB6 'camp' is calling for VB.Net to be abandoned.

VB6 users have their reasons for using VB6. No doubt VB.Net users have their reasons too.


To pick up a couple of points mentioned:-

Web development - Yes, not VB6's strong point (though it is certainly possible). But it isn't really something you should be using .Net for either.
Front-end (client) development really needs to be in JavaScript now (as MS acknowledges with their support for JS in VS and with Typescript).
Back-end (server) development is more open, but node.js seems to be the way to go.
If you wish to retain a VB-like language you can use NSBasic which transpiles to JS.


Mobile development - there was a (underdeveloped) VB for Windows CE (Embedded VB). It wasn't good enough but did show VB on mobile was possible. Microsoft replaced this with VB.Net. I used (and still use) VB.Net for developing for Windows Mobile 6.x (yes, you can still buy new WM6.x devices). Microsoft lost their way after WM6 and eventually abandoned mobiles.
For a VB-like language on Android and iOS you can use B4A/B4i (for native development) or NS Basic (for hybrid development, and yes it handles multiple changeable screen sizes).

Just think what Microsoft could have done with versions of VB6 for mobiles and web. The B4X and NSBasic products are good but Microsoft (or at least the Microsoft of old) could have done far more.


For me (and I guess many other VB6 developers) I'm just sad that Microsoft are no longer a leader in IT technology and have been just followers for many years now.