where to start from vb.net ???

[senthilvelm]

helo all
i wannna to have a good start in vb .net ,so can any one guide how imust proceedd ,what r the sites available ??
resources???
right now am working in vb6.0.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by senthilvelm
helo all
i wannna to have a good start in vb .net ,so can any one guide how imust proceedd ,what r the sites available ??
resources???
right now am working in vb6.0.

umm I really dont like any sites. There is not THAT many begginer's tutorials I guess, or at least I dont like them. Just buy a book. I dunno that many sites but I know these:

www.gotdotnet.com
www.dotnet101.com

[scoop]

senthilvelm,

I would get a good book on the net framework and then one on the language of choice. I like the Microsoftpress books. You can check them out on Amazon.com

[senthilvelm]

scoop thanks for yur rpely , i will see in amazon!!!

[NetCoder]

Have you seen "The .NET Languages" yet? It's written for VB6 programmers learning .NET. The first half of the book shows you how to convert VB6 syntax to VB.NET (and C#!). The second half of the book covers converting your old code to the Framework (ADO.NET, strings, Forms, graphics, COM, etc.). It will quickly show you what you need to know.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893115488

[MrPolite]

If you know VB6 pretty much the you HAVE TO buy this book!!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...182639-8392040


btw when you get this, it has an Ebook in it which contains Balena's older book about VB6, that was bestselling too. I read his VB6 book and it was very goot. It's just the same with his VB.NET book, it's almost 1600 pages and it covers many things. just see some of the reviews

[mastermind94]

i bought VB.Net and it is pretty wierd. I cant even show a form anymore! Form.Show doesnt exist! i'm not planning to buy a book or something but, i'm trying to find a "simple getting started" web site. Not too complicated, just one that's telling the main difference between VB6 and .NET

Another thing, to distribute an application, do we need a runtime file like MSVBVM60.DLL? If yes, what;'s the name of it?

[hellswraith]

Check the MSDN library. They have some pretty good tutorials to get you going.

[mastermind94]

msdn.microsoft.com right? i went there during my break and i'm lost! :SOS:

[hellswraith]

Try this link to get you started:
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/librar...fo/Default.asp

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by mastermind94
i bought VB.Net and it is pretty wierd. I cant even show a form anymore! Form.Show doesnt exist! i'm not planning to buy a book or something but, i'm trying to find a "simple getting started" web site. Not too complicated, just one that's telling the main difference between VB6 and .NET

Another thing, to distribute an application, do we need a runtime file like MSVBVM60.DLL? If yes, what;'s the name of it?

you need the .NET framework for an application, it's 20 MB. Download .NET Framework

for that form.show thingie, it does support it. You have to do something like this to show myForm:
dim aForm as new myForm
aForm.show()

I asked this question a few months ago. This is because myForm is just a class and nothing else, you have to declare an object and then show it

HTH

[Tygur]

Originally posted by mastermind94
i bought VB.Net and it is pretty wierd. I cant even show a form anymore! Form.Show doesnt exist!

The Show method does still exist, but VB doesn't automatically create an instance of the form for you anymore.


All I did was just buy Visual Studio .NET and actually start making something. To figure out how to do what I was trying to do, I spent hours bumbling through the help system that comes with it. I didn't buy any books or read any online tutorials. I don't know if that'll work for anyone else, but it worked for me.

I guess I should also mention that I learned previous versions of VB in a very similar way.

[briancps]

I've been programming in VB since '92 and use VB6 everyday. The best book I've found is 'The book of VB.NET - .NET insight for VB developers' by Matthew MacDonald. It probably needs to be read in conjunction with the just released Microsoft VB.NET Core Reference by Francesco Balena as a reference. I couldn't buy the first in Australia but could from Amazon.com in the US. Matthew is very helpful and responds overnight to my email queries regarding his book so far - hope I dont wear out my welcome. Best of luck