[2005] Will I learn more about .Net by using VS2005....

[mojo69]

Will I learn more about .Net by using VS2005 to convert my vb6 project and then working through the errors and warnings or by converting it myself? I converted the project already with VS2005 and there are a ton of errors. As much as I would like to take the time to go through all of them, I thought a rewrite would take less time. The problem is that I have to expand what little .Net I can do. So with that anyone with a suggestion for what would educate me more thouroughly? I have purchased several books and am going through those now.


Thanks,
Mojo69

[Atheist]

You will defenitly learn more and get a better result by rewriting the application from scratch rather than trying to fix the errors from the conversion.

[dminder]

I agree with Atheist on this. I had to convert several old vb6 classes to .net and initially they (my bosses) thought it could be done quick by just copy/paste and covering the errors. Found out pretty quick that alot of the functionality was already built in to .net and it was conflicting with what they were trying to do. 2 weeks later, rewrite done and everybody happy!!

Good Luck!

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[Shaggy Hiker]

I think you will learn more about your app by rewriting, but I'm not sure that you will not learn more about .NET by converting. I really don't like the conversion tool, but the one place that I might be tempted to try it is if you were looking for some means to point out the difference between the two languages.

[RobDog888]

you could use the conversion wiz to convert code snippets that you are having trouble with but rewritting will be better for you and the app as future expansion of your project will be based upon a solid foundation if you rewrite vs convert.

IMO, re-writting takes less time as when you convert you can spend forever on a few problem areas that dont convert and have no way to work around unless you rewrite that code. Then it turns into rewritting more due to issues etc and before you know it you regret using the converter.

[sytto]

If it's more complicated than a Hello World program, rewrite is your only option.

I'm sure you will run into allot of differences and wonder why things are so different, maybe even get frustrated as i did, but once you overcome most of the differences you will realize...

.Net Rocks!