developing in VB

ShinkunoNamida · 07-10-2002, 11:58 AM

I'd have searched for this.. but since VB is only two characters...

What is a good app, preferably free, to use to develope in VB?

I've never used VB before but I've used a number of other languages.. learning what I have to to use VB for this project shouldn't be too difficult.

Twostep · 07-10-2002, 01:46 PM

As far as I know, the only VB development environment is the one made by Microsoft. I don't think it is that expensive though, especially if you can dig up a friend who is still in college, as the educational prices are pretty cheap.

Twostep

Gutter · 07-10-2002, 02:24 PM

There's a VB6 Learning Edition which is ~$50.

ShinkunoNamida · 07-10-2002, 04:02 PM

Is the educational version limited as compared to the full version?

Gutter · 07-10-2002, 06:20 PM

Well of course, but nothing's missing that you would notice/need for a while. Unless you're planning on creating ActiveX DLL's right off the bat, it's your best choice.

PoBoy · 07-10-2002, 06:33 PM

DL Imesh from imesh.com. You can get Visual Studio including VB 6.0 off it. Just make sure that if you accidentally download and install it (visual studio) that you immediately remove it from your computer. Software Pirating is a serious offense. Especially for Microsoft Products! It is illeagal, dishonest, and just plain wrong.

Now that Ive said all that. Enjoy

PoBoy

Gutter · 07-10-2002, 06:58 PM

ummmmmmm! I'm telling the BSA on YUO!

PoBoy · 07-10-2002, 07:31 PM

I work for the US Marshals!! You cant prove anything!! hehehe...

Here is my piracy excuse (but I dont need it because i dont commit such haneous crimes). I DL it only to make sure I like it before I buy it. Its like MP3's. I just DL them so I know if I will like the CD before I buy it. No reason to waste money on something that Im not gonna use and cant return either.

Or look at it this way, Im saving the Garbage colletors from having to lifts thousands of pounds of crappy software CD's. Thus, Im preventing their backs from going out early! Thus, Im saving them from getting workman's comp. And THUS, Im saving tax-payers' money! See, it all works out. Im doing this country a service!

But like I said, Piracy is WRONG and I would never indulge myself in it. If I DL pirated software to my computer, I immediatly erase it! I do not wish participate in such an activity.

Ohh by the way, ill have my FTP server up and running soon. You can DL crap off of it then erase it

PoBoy

magnetik · 07-10-2002, 07:43 PM

entering a grey area here boys!

the learning edition should do the trick for ya....

havin said that I have the whole Visual Interdev Studio with VB6, but I have only ever created one ActiveX DLL ever for an .ASP intranet application..... so it doesnt get used much..

ShinkunoNamida · 07-11-2002, 12:07 PM

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BrownieMan · 07-26-2008, 12:10 PM

You can easily download VB Express Edition. It'll do everything you need to do. I graduated with a BS in Computer Science and never needed something better than that.

You could also just pirate the software...

kev000 · 07-26-2008, 12:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BrownieMan

You can easily download VB Express Edition. It'll do everything you need to do. I graduated with a BS in Computer Science and never needed something better than that.

You could also just pirate the software...

free: GCC: ftw
free: G++: ftw
free: monodevelop: ftw
free: kdevelop IDE: ftw

$739: visual studio 2008: ftl

wasn't a very hard decision

SFiorito · 07-26-2008, 04:13 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/express/ $FREE and you can learn C# while you're at it...

malcom2073 · 07-26-2008, 10:38 PM

Way to bring back a VERY dead thread

But yeah the visual studio express versions aren't too bad.

BrownieMan · 07-27-2008, 01:45 AM

I happen to be a computer programmer (just graduated though) and I happen to think that there is nothing wrong with piracy. I find the idea of "intellectual property" to be highly immoral and lacking in the ability to be enforced.

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