Uses of Visual Basic.NET?

Question

I planned on taking a course over Visual Basic.NET as an introduction to C++, but I was wondering what are some of the real life uses of Visual Basic.NET? Is this a good course to take before C++?

Here is what I planned on taking- http://www.compucamp2008.com/html/programming_with_vb.html
Here is what I would take afterwards- http://www.compucamp2008.com/html/c__.html

My ideal is to be productive in C++ by the time I graduate High-School (2 years), is this do-able if I practice regularly?

I have a 1000 page C++ Primer Plus, but thats kind of complicated, I'm hoping these courses wil help with my programming future.
(Hoping to attend UCSC or U of W)

Answer 1

Other than some principles of programming VB will not help you prepare for C++, as a matter of fact, it can make it more complicated. You're better off just skipping VB and going straight for C, C++, or C#. These languages have a similar syntax whereas VB is quite different. As couple simple examples.



An if statement in VB looks like:



If _condition_ then

CodeToExecute

End if



Whereas in C/C++/C# it's:



if(_condition_)

{

CodeToExecute;

}



Declaring variables:

Dim x as string (VB)

string x; (C)

and these are areas where they are similar, see where this is going?



Like I said, you can learn plenty of programming principles, algorithms etc. but you might as well be learning these using a language you plan on using.

Answer 2

Actually,C and C++ is more complicated than Visual Basic.Net. Visual Basic.Net is an Object Oriented Programming language just like C and C++, the difference is, VB.Net is also a mouse-driven language. It includes drag-and-drop operation, which makes it convenient unlike the fundamental object-oriented languages (C and C++).



So, before you proceed to study the VB.Net, you must understand first the concepts and logic of C and C++ because these are the fundamentals of all programming languages.

Answer 3

This course can be helpful for you, in my personal opinion you should take it.

I've worked in Visual Basic 6 and .NET 2003 and I have basic knowledge about C ++, the first it's easier than the other one.

If you don't know anything about basic programming, the Visual Basic.Net's course can be a good alternative.

I recommend you that start with it then you can take a Java's course (after C++) it should be more interesting and profitable for you than C++ only (thinking when you have a job)

Hoping it will be helpful for you

Answer 4

For learning programming, taking a class on a C language is normally better, because so many languages are based on C or variants of it, that it makes learning new languages easier after the fact.



Visual Basic .NET has tonnes of uses out there in the real world. So does C++. But when it comes to education purposes, C++ or C (or even both) is a better route to take. It well help prepare you for more things out there.

Answer 5

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