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  • BSleazy
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2002
    • 6721

    #1

    So I'm taking this VB.NET class...

    Have any of you programmers taken this class? It's my first programming class. Is is useful or what? It's part of Visual Studio 2008 which I get free part of the Microsoft Academic Alliance program. I does include other programming languages which are probably more advanced.
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  • moeloubani
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    • Dec 2007
    • 4235

    #2
    I learned BASIC when I was 11 or 12 years old, literally

    It's a great way to learn programming, I worked a bit with earlier versions of VB but it got boring fast, when I learned just normal BASIC not visual it was because all I had was a commodore 64 and I had no choice but to learn to program on it.

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    • 2012
      So Fucking What
      • Jul 2006
      • 17189

      #3
      gotta start somewhere
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      • BSleazy
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        • Aug 2002
        • 6721

        #4
        Originally posted by moeloubani
        I learned BASIC when I was 11 or 12 years old, literally

        It's a great way to learn programming, I worked a bit with earlier versions of VB but it got boring fast, when I learned just normal BASIC not visual it was because all I had was a commodore 64 and I had no choice but to learn to program on it.
        Ya it's been easy so far

        This is an intro class bit the whole Visual Studio 2008 package seems like it has a lot to it though.
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        • HorseShit
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          • Dec 2004
          • 17513

          #5
          not really worth learning

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          • BSleazy
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            • Aug 2002
            • 6721

            #6
            Originally posted by jdavis
            not really worth learning
            Really? A huge hospital near me is looking for a vb.net programmer. Pay range - $90,000 to $150,000. That would be worth it to most people...
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            • stevo
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              • Aug 2002
              • 2051

              #7
              It's a good language to learn... It gets fun when you combine it with Microsoft SQL - running programs off of a database. Even more fun when you use it towards ASP.net and develop web/database applications.

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              • teg0
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                • Jan 2006
                • 4204

                #8
                Not the best language but as good of a place to start as any. Best of luck to you.

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                • GigoloShawn
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                  • Oct 2007
                  • 700

                  #9
                  I'd say 'At least it's .NET', since I know someone supporting a VB5 app still, in 2008, but.. it's VB.NET.
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                  • nnweb
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                    • Apr 2004
                    • 725

                    #10
                    i would do C# over VB.

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                    • nation-x
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                      • Mar 2004
                      • 5370

                      #11
                      VB.NET is a great language to start learning programming. It doesn't share many syntax characteristics with most languages that people use for web apps but it does teach you about how Object Oriented Development works and it's simplicity really help as far as that learning curve goes... Once you get into C# you will start learning more of the C syntax which most other languages are based on like perl, php, java, C++, C etc.

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                      • k0nr4d
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                        • Aug 2006
                        • 9231

                        #12
                        I started with QBasic. l33t.
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                        • react
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 673

                          #13
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                          • rowan
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Mar 2002
                            • 17393

                            #14
                            I didn't like QuickBASIC so I wrote my own compiler.

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                            • pimpdaddysammy
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 411

                              #15
                              i love vb.net. i use vb to create ASP pages whitch my whole network runs off of...

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