Hi Ian, On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 21:43 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Hi Folks > > Since leaving school many moons ago, where I originally learnt Basic, I have > since moved onto Visual Basic and most recently .NET - all self taught. As > the MONO project appears to be concentrating on C style programming, I was > wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a VB IDE that can be used on > both Linux and MS that won't be too dis-similar in feel in the way that it > works on either OS..
I was pretty happy with Gambas [1] as a VB substitute. It doesn't really run on Windows, however... As an alternative, why not learn Python [2]? It's pretty easy to get to grips with, there are lots of online resources and its very well supported on Ubuntu and even Windows. I also find it nicer to program in than VB - it's not quite as simple, but it has lots of nice features. Creating GUIs is a bit more difficult, but with PyGTK [3], Glade and a bit of practise, you can create useful programs in no-time. Thanks, Phil [1] - http://gambas.sourceforge.net/ [2] - http://tinyurl.com/3c9vml [3] - http://www.pygtk.org/ -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
