From: jsb@hal-pc.org   
      
   "Ralph"  wrote in message   
      
   > No matter how much experience nothing beats a good book and plodding   
   > through   
   > the examples. Now that VB2005 is out most of the 2003 books are pretty   
   > cheap.   
   >   
   > Being essentially a C/C++ programmer myself I can warn you that there is   
   > just enough "kind a like - but wrongs" in dotNet to throw you off on a   
   > wrong   
   > track very early on if you go at it piece meal. The same is true for a   
   > classic VBer as well. That goes for the IDE, Language, and the Framework.   
   > It   
   > looks like a lot of other stuff, but it subtly ain't.    
   >   
   > For Newsgroups - go to microsoft.public.dotnet.~   
   >   
   > Based on your experience, out of curiosity I have to ask, why do you want   
   > to   
   > bother with VB# 2003, why not go the C# or C++/CLI (VB2005) route?   
   >   
   > -ralph   
      
   I went with VB basically because I had it. However, I have downloaded the   
   MSVC++ personal (or basic, or whatever) edition from MS and I may try that   
   instead.   
      
   Thanks for all the answers. It helped immensely.   
      
   Jon   
      
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