VB.NET books/tutorials

Shicky · 16 Nov 2011 at 22:48

Been put on a project using VB.NET and having never used it before its seeming quite daunting right about now!

Anyone relatively experienced with it can they suggest some books/tutorials in order to get to grips with the language as fast as humanly possible.

I'm a comp sci grad but not the most talented programmer!

ringo747 · 16 Nov 2011 at 23:08

I thought it was only myself in Belfast who used VB.NET!

I have used it on projects that I 'inherited' from other people and just picked up stuff by looking at other folks code. Normally I just refer to MSDN and look at the samples they have.

Is there any reason why you aren't using c#? Most folk seem to say to use it as opposed to VB.NET. I'm not totally sure why to be honest.

JimAroo · 16 Nov 2011 at 23:16

ringo747 said:
Is there any reason why you aren't using c#? Most folk seem to say to use it as opposed to VB.NET. I'm not totally sure why to be honest.

I find C# much more understandable and easier to write, it's similar to other languages so if you have previous programming experience you can pick it up very quickly.

If i had to choose between VB.Net and C# I'd go with the latter every time.

But if someone has come from the VB background i see why VB.Net would appeal to them.

Shicky · 17 Nov 2011 at 04:06

ringo747 said:
I thought it was only myself in Belfast who used VB.NET!

I have used it on projects that I 'inherited' from other people and just picked up stuff by looking at other folks code. Normally I just refer to MSDN and look at the samples they have.

Is there any reason why you aren't using c#? Most folk seem to say to use it as opposed to VB.NET. I'm not totally sure why to be honest.

Actually in Toronto at the moment. The project is similar to an old one the company did so essentially they want to re-use as much as possible. Much like has been said I know c#.net and would find it far easier to grasp as a newbie....vb.net, not so much!