Another new kid on the block

[Ken Ray]

Bernie,

I have a bunch of VB experience, and would like to work with you on this.
There is a partial comparison of VB and Rev in a sample database stack that
I built for RunRev. You can find it at:

http://www.runrev.com/revolution/info/compare/index.html

It's the "Revolution vs. VB" comparison.

I know what you mean about assignment, and there are definitely some things
from VB that I would *love* to have in Rev (IntelliSense and direct access
to system DLLs as a couple), but there is so much that you can do with Rev,
and the cross-platform deployment benefits are awesome.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie" <bernie at thehairshow.co.uk>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: Another new kid on the block


> Hi List
>
> I got the Starter Kit about 4 days ago and have been through the tuts and
> playing with it quite a bit since then. I'm impressed, frustrated, excited
> and confused!
>
> I come from a very strong Visual Basic background which I've been using as
> my main language for about 4 years.
>
> I'm impressed about the ease of developing cross platform apps in Rev.
>
> I'm frustrated because it is tough to come from one tool where I can do
most
> of what I want with my eyes shut to now having to look up things like how
to
> declare a variable!
>
> I'm excited because I got through the tutorials in a few hours and have
> progressed into an app that I was building with VB and have found that it
> may be possible to do it all in Rev which would expand the reach of my
> application.
>
> I'm confused by the plain English of Transcript! I'm used to writing    x
=
> blah     rather than   put blah into x
>
> I want to know if there are any other Rev users who come from a VB
> background and, if so, how can we work together to write some tutorials or
> whatever slanted to VB developers. It would sure help me right now to see
a
> comparison chart of how things are done in VB and their Rev equivalents.
>
> Regards,
> Bernie
> "Users don't care if I write in VB, C++ or Revolution. Its all Geek to
them"
>
>
>
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