Comments on: Visual Basic is flawed http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/ A blog on Technology Convergence Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: avinash http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/#comment-28866 avinash Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/?p=87#comment-28866 Some school children find Python easy to learn and some prefer VB. I don't understand the first point you make. As for (1), many CSE students DO their final year project using VB. And for (2), I started with GW-Basic, moved to Pascal, loved C, tried C++, learned Java and now prefer Ruby and declarative languages (i.e. Lisp, Scheme, Haskell, ...). Here also I fail to understand your point. Some school children find Python easy to learn and some prefer VB. I don’t understand the first point you make.

As for (1), many CSE students DO their final year project using VB.
And for (2), I started with GW-Basic, moved to Pascal, loved C, tried C++, learned Java and now prefer Ruby and declarative languages (i.e. Lisp, Scheme, Haskell, …). Here also I fail to understand your point.

]]> By: curiousEngine http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/#comment-28853 curiousEngine Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:42:48 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/?p=87#comment-28853 Python powers the most popular search engines and yet schoolchildren find easier to learn than VB. VB 2005 is a complete OOP language but much more difficult to learn. I use VB for prototyping purposes and proceed with the development in VB 2005 to finally convert it into C# (with Option Explicit On). 1.How would you comment on the scenario: CSE students doing their final year project in VB? 2. Anything to add: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000648.html Python powers the most popular search engines and yet schoolchildren find easier to learn than VB.

VB 2005 is a complete OOP language but much more difficult to learn. I use VB for prototyping purposes and proceed with the development in VB 2005 to finally convert it into C# (with Option Explicit On).
1.How would you comment on the scenario: CSE students doing their final year project in VB?
2. Anything to add: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000648.html

]]> By: Avinash Meetoo: Blog » Blog Archive » Three great technical books http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/#comment-27298 Avinash Meetoo: Blog » Blog Archive » Three great technical books Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:06:37 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/?p=87#comment-27298 [...] creator of Visual Basic but he does not like to use it to design user interfaces… I’ve already written on [...] [...] creator of Visual Basic but he does not like to use it to design user interfaces… I’ve already written on [...]

]]> By: Avinash http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/#comment-390 Avinash Mon, 16 May 2005 17:46:19 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/?p=87#comment-390 Depends a lot... Choosing a programming language is very very subjective. Personally, I like * Ruby (or Python) for learning algorithms and basic (and not so basic) programming * Java for learning object-oriented and GUI-related programming and the use of a vast class library * Smalltalk to experience a real object-oriented environment * Haskell for learning higher-order and functional programming * SQL to explore the relational model and a lot of small languages like * AWK for all sorts of text processing and consolidation work * Unix shell scripting etc. Depends a lot… Choosing a programming language is very very subjective.

Personally, I like

* Ruby (or Python) for learning algorithms and basic (and not so basic) programming
* Java for learning object-oriented and GUI-related programming and the use of a vast class library
* Smalltalk to experience a real object-oriented environment
* Haskell for learning higher-order and functional programming
* SQL to explore the relational model

and a lot of small languages like

* AWK for all sorts of text processing and consolidation work
* Unix shell scripting

etc.

]]> By: James http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2005/05/10/visual-basic-is-flawed/#comment-388 James Thu, 12 May 2005 18:04:22 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/?p=87#comment-388 lol this is fun, what language do you think is worth to be learnt? lol this is fun, what language do you think is worth to be learnt?

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