I was wondering if there are any good vb.net code repositories around where people share code they have written, widgets they have developed, classes developed? I hate re-inventing the wheel.
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You could try the Visual Basic section of GitHub (though you'll need to learn how to use Git before you get anywhere). You could also have a look at these search results on SourceForge.
Brian
2010-08-01 07:55:42
+1
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I've been to many places but I must say, CodeProject is the best by far. Their site is http://www.codeproject.com
IMHO, if you're really keen on not reinventing the wheel, I'd suggest you learn at least one more language.
I was stubbornly glued to VB and VB.NET until it dawned on me that vb and vb.net aren't the only language in the world. I therefore learned C# and my programming life has never been the same.
I can now write code in all those 3 languages and am hoping to learn another, probably c++ before the end of the year.
The good thing about being multilingual is that you're never limited in resources; if you can't find code to something in one language, you could find it code in another language. Plus, it doesn't stop you from using your preferred language.
Alex Essilfie
2010-08-01 09:28:12
+1 Yes, codeproject is the first place I look when I want to customize a control in some way. And I agree completely with learning C#, quite often you find things written in C# or VB.Net and if you know both it's trivial to translate (which can also be speeded up by the online code converters).
ho1
2010-08-01 19:55:20