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Proprietary or not, it is an accessible language and IDE. The idea of learning an open language is a good one. But, I think at the high-school level, it would b
by 3dFlatLander 16y ago
Proprietary or not, it is an accessible language and IDE. The idea of learning an open language is a good one. But, I think at the high-school level, it would be more important to expose students to something with a low barrier of entry. I don't mean the language, but the entire package. With VB you install one application, and you get an environment where you basically type code and press a play button to get it to run.
- biot 16y agoHow accessible is VB.NET for all those kids who own a Mac?
- barrydahlberg 16y agoFron what I read the Mono compiler for VB.Net is reasonably complete so to answer your question, it's there but more difficult than it should be.
- kenjackson 16y agoI hear Mac's run Windows pretty well.
- biot 16y agoAnd how much does the non-upgrade copy of Windows cost? I suppose kids could download an unregistered copy and use that for 90 days or whatever the period is, but that may not be enough to last the school year. No doubt schools won't encourage kids to use unlicensed software that they "borrowed" from somewhere.