Category Archives: VB.Net

It’s been a while.

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Since I posted here… Heres a catch up!

I’ve since started creating iPhone, iPad apps and backed off with the Android apps.  One reason, iOS pays compared to Android.  Maybe this will change in future but for the time being, I’m sticking with iOS and plan to push out random apps!  I’m looking for that one great idea that will be truly awesome and make a fortune, my Angry Birds/TrainYard.

University

I’m now approaching my final year, I have one exam (which I have to take later today) based on the Interwebs and Asp.Net development.

Topics I’ve covered this semester;

  • Professional Issues within Computing
  • Internet 2 (Asp.Net / VB.Net C#)
  • Building Office Applications (VBA (Completely pointless!1))

The best topic will have to be Internet 2 followed closely by Professional Issues.  Building Office applications was horrible, using VBA in Excel and Access is a nightmare and if anyone designs an application in either of these, please consider fellow developers and maybe reassess your choice of development tools because anything will be better than the mess VBA/Access/Excel produces!

Thats all for now, will aim to log in more often and update.

Back to University – A New Language++

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I’ve recently got hold of my timetable for this years first semester at University and I’m quite excited!¬† My first year at uni was great, I really enjoyed everything I did except one subject which I felt was completely unrelated to what I was studying.¬† Anyway..¬† this year I will be studying Java along with more VB.Net and programming and design.¬† I have two lecturers which I had last year which is good as I enjoyed their classes.

Java has been something I have never really looked at in great detail, actually – in any detail at all so learning a new language is quite exciting.¬† Whilst studying Java and VB.Net at University, I will also start to study C++ in my own time.¬† I’ve always wanted to learn C++ however its syntax has always put me off in the past.¬† But with my new found experience with C languages (mainly Perl and PHP) which I have gained from working at 3DPixel.Net I’ve made the commitment to learn this language once and for all –
cout << “the basics anyway\n”;

In the past, I’ve only ever concentrated my time using a single language – this being VB.Net for any type of project.¬† Don’t get me wrong, I like using VB.Net simply because its quick and easy to use, however, is there really a demand for a VB.Net developer in the industry?¬† Surely a programmer that can write in a C language is sought after more? Not to mention the difference in salary.

I’ve recently forced myself away from using VB.Net with the exception of the program I am currently developing at my job and trying to use other languages instead of using VB.Net for anything that I feel the need to program.¬† Working at 3DPixel has helped me do this with project such as CheckMyBox.Net which was created in Perl (the backend anyway).

I’ve used VB since I was around 13, starting out by creating various chat bot programs for AOL, thats almost 10 years of using VB. Most recently (the past 3 years) I made the jump to VB.Net. This istelf was quite a challenge at the time considering I almost gave up on the idea of programming as a career after I left college.

Hopefully, I will pick up Java and C++ without any problems as I did with PHP and Perl.¬† If all goes well, I think Objective-C is next on the plate, but (for now) I’m not saying goodbye to VB.