ejaboneta Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 So far I've only done web related programming, html, php, mysql, js, etc. I am about to start working on an application that was programmed in VB6. I am a bit concerned about working with an outdated language so I might start learning .Net. I just don't want to start learning .Net if it will interfere with my understanding of VB6. I hope I explained my situation well enough. Just looking for some opinions. Should I start learning VB6 or should I go straight to .Net and figure out the differences along the way? I am planning on asking the developer if there are any plans on redoing the application in .Net in the future, but I don't think it's a solution at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Even MS aren't supporting VB6 any more, why would you bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Also, if you're going to learn any .NET language, learn C#. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejaboneta Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 My company purchased the rights to use and modify a program created by someone outside our company. It was programmed in VB6. I don't really have a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 My company purchased the rights to use and modify a program created by someone outside our company. It was programmed in VB6. I don't really have a choice. So what is your question then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejaboneta Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Should I start learning VB6 or should I go straight to .Net and figure out the differences along the way? I want to plan for programming in .NET on my own but not if the differences are too great of a distraction from working with this program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 You'll need a decent Visual Studio 6 edition, you probably should get the Enterprise edition to make sure you have the necessary modules to support your existing program. Your program may have other 3rd party controls embedded in the application and you may need to obtain them too in order to adequately maintain the application. Learning different programming languages is always a good thing imho, but learning how to work with the various IDE and deployment environments will probably take more work than the coding itself. And if you're called on to maintain existing VB6 I'd wait on getting into NET until you get comfortable working with the VB6 environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejaboneta Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalseProphet Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 You should learn VB6 just enough to convert it to another language. VB6 is old, buggy, bloaty and deprecated. C# is a good option for converting it to, as C# makes it easy to design forms and work with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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