Opinions on using Visual Basic. Some say Yay, others Nay. Here is my assignment, please comment. Make it real!



You have decided to use Visual Basic to create your game, so you decide to go on the Internet and do some research on the language. While reading a Discussion Board, you notice the following question posted in one of the forums: “I’ve just started to learn programming, and I’ve been hearing that there are lots of problems with Visual Basic, and that ‘real’ programmers don’t use it. Can anyone tell me why this is?” Your initial reaction is that you do not agree with the ideas that the individual has posted.



Respond to this post and the address the situations in which Visual Basic is a useful language. Keep in mind that even though you are philanthropically helping someone online, there is always the potential to create an article for publication somewhere out of any of your research projects, so ensure that you have at least two to four resources and that your post is highly professional in both tone and diction. Use the Library to help find your sources.



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[quote]fxcapt (10/11/2007)

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Opinions on using Visual Basic. Some say Yay, others Nay. Here is my assignment, please comment. Make it real!

Welcome Fxcapt.

May I suggest that you post this in the 'Member Chat' section, as this area is reserved for posting questions related to writing code and the VB user interface.

CDRIVE

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Welcome to A1vbcode fxcapt.

VB has been going for 17 years in various versions, so have they got it wrong all these years? I think VB.Net has been going for a couple of years in various versions. As for saying real programmers don't use VB it depends on the application you want to make. If you want to make First Person Shootemup then you wouldn't use VB, you would use C/C++. You can make an FPS in VB but you have to use DirectX and it would be slow.

There as been no support for VB for a couple of years because M$ is pushing .Net. But if you make a .Net application then you can only run it WinNT not Win9x/ME.

You have to decide what you want to make. They is a lot more support (not M$) for VB than .Net because its been going a lot longer.

Keith

Moved topic to member chat. Thank You.

Student@58, requires repetition!

I don't think this query should have been moved to Member Chat, its a VB related question.

Please move it back Admin.

Keith

Hey Gang, I got an A on my first project! Thanks to all you posters! I did a lot of browsing and I got a lot from this board. It was just a little game, but I got an A!!



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