[VB] VB 6 or VB.NET?

[Organic]

What are the differences and which would be more beneficial to learn?

 

[XZeenon]

What are the differences and which would be more beneficial to learn?

I say go with VB.NET if your going to be making normal programs. And VB 6 if your going to include another language inside the code. but i recomend to learn both first, they have a lot of differences.

 

[Organic]

I say go with VB.NET if your going to be making normal programs. And VB 6 if your going to include another language inside the code. but i recomend to learn both first, they have a lot of differences.

I'm most likely going to include C# in anything I make in VB later on.
Which would be best to start with?

 

[PixelPro]

If you want a 'simple' programming language, I'd suggest that you should learn VB6. It's easy to use and there are LOADS of free (example) sources available on the internet. Well, you can do what I did - learn VB6 then go onto VB.NET etc.

 

[Paul_T]

I'd suggest sticking with Visual C# .NET, it's basically VB.NET but in c syntax... VB6, the worst problem with that, is how difficult it is to thread, if you plan on making anything worth using on today's systems, I'd definitely suggest going for it's newer .NET relative.

 

[Hejula]

VB.NET is a better language to learn as it's more up-to-date. But I'd suggest you learn C++ 2008

 

[Daevius]

VB.NET is a better language to learn as it's more up-to-date. But I'd suggest you learn C++ 2008

What does the 2008 in C++ 2008 mean?

 

[Paul_T]

I'd assume he's reffering to Visual C++ .NET 2008, which, if you want to use C++, I'd suggest you avoid .NET like the plague, because all that does is teach you not to make programs that are portable to different OSes...

 

[Kerelmans]

I suggest to start with .NET,
much better than VB6 for conversions etc.

(e.g. the .ToString() functions)