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I think it's really cool to see a successful example of modernizing a VB.NET codebase so that it too can play with the cool kids. I never really understood the
by phillipcarter 5y ago
I think it's really cool to see a successful example of modernizing a VB.NET codebase so that it too can play with the cool kids. I never really understood the disdain for VB.NET in the developer community, since the language has all kinds of neat little tricks up its sleeve. Kudos for pushing the counter-narrative.
- chunkyks 5y agoThis tool started off as Excel VBA a million years ago, and has made trips through VB6 on its way to VB.NET. The language is ... ehhhhh. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. There are things I like, but occasional items that are awful. Sometimes at the same time. shrug I've been doing this too long to get worked up about language. Of the tools I own nowadays, VB.NET is somewhere in the middle of the pack.
- phillipcarter 5y ago> Sometimes at the same time. This is how you know you're really working with something :) A really great article by a friend of mine (and ex-VB.NET PM) is here. Really cool to go through it from time to time: https://anthonydgreen.net/2019/02/12/exhausting-list-of-differences-between-vb-net-c/ https://anthonydgreen.net/2019/02/12/exhausting-list-of-diff...