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If its like VB for Windows, then it's still good news. But god help us if it's like Frontpage :|

• rbanffy 16y ago
  Not sure. VB ruined a lot of programmers. I am not sure I would have survived VB if I hadn't had a proper intro to OOP with Smalltalk and Actor.
  • paulgb 16y ago
    But the programmers that VB ruined, would they be programmers if it weren't for VB? I went from VB 5 to ASP (pre .NET) to PHP 3, but I still turned out ok.
  • cheald 16y ago
    I'd be willing to argue that VB widened the pool of potential programmers more than it ruined existing programmers. I started Windows development in VB, and I moved past it in a year or two, but as a 14 year-old, I probably never would have started if my only option had been C++/MFC. VB has a valuable place in the programming pipeline, because it helps the novice see his programs in terms of what he's used to interacting with. Starting him there lets him get a taste for it, and when he runs into a problem that VB (or AppInventor) can't handle, he says "okay, how can I solve this problem?" and moves onto the more powerful (and more esoteric) stuff. I wouldn't touch VB6 for real-world applications development today, but I readily recognize the role it played in getting me to where I am as a developer today.