gpreetsingh

i want to know what is difference between VB and VB.net
i know VB and want to know that what type of projects can i make using VB.net
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Also i want to make online projects like e-banking
can vb.net is sufficient
or should i have to use any new language

java_roshan

VB .Net is similar to VB 6.0 in terms of graphical user interfaces.
The IDE is compatively much sophisticated.

VB .Net differs from VB in terms of functionality and includes a lot of other features that is available from the .Net architecture.

One can also parse VB 6.0 based projects to VB .Net projects but there are some compatibility issues.

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DaWei

Native code versus byte code.

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java_roshan

The time Herbert Schildt was writing a book on C#, .Net was not ported to other OSes....

Now most GNU/Linux have it!

Mono-project!!!

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Polyphemus_

Probably because the book was written before the existence of the mono project.

DaWei

Was there a point here pertinent to the question and response???

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melbolt

IMO, the main difference is that VB .NET utilizes the .NET framework, which is basically a huge set of different types of objects and classes you can use. A lot of the basic coding is the same, but there are new things to call into.

Also, a lot of new controls.

any langauge run in the .NET framework compiles down to Intermediary Langauge(IL) which is basically microsoft's custom made assembly langauge. So if you code a program in C# and then go and code the exact same program in VB .NET or any other langauge which utilizes the .NET framework, it all ends up pretty similar in the end, they all compile down to IL.

The really neat thing about the .NET framework is the ability to mix and match langauges without too many problems since they all end up in IL anyways.
for example, I have written several programs in which the solution contains both C# and VB .NET

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DaWei

This is not true. Byte code (so-called) and assembly language are not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination. That is not to denigrate the byte-code approach, which has its plusses and minuses, and which may be generally superior to a purely local interpretive approach. I lean toward the latter opinion, anyway, but that and a couple bucks will get you a cup of coffee. IL not being assembly language isn't an opinion, it's a fact.

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melbolt

You're right, I shouldn't have stated it like it was assembly, that's just how i think of it in terms of low level langauges things compile down to, such as assembly.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nguageMSIL.asp

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Dameon

VB 6.0 and older didn't compile to native code by default. You needed the Professional or Enterprise IDE and even then had to explicitly enable it. Like explicit variable declarations :mad: Even then, take a peek at some VB native in a disassembler. Ew. .Net compiles to byte code, like Java. Thankfully the native instructions generated at runtime are cached.

I'd take a look at the language itself. VB .Net is much, much more modern.

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