[Year 12 SofDev] VB6 lives on

[Chris Bucknell]

Hi All,
There is some light at the end of the tunnel (maybe it’s just an on-coming train), that there is an end date for VB6 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/vstudio/ms788708.aspx).

However it has been label by some as the “Cobol of our times” (http://jamessummerlin.com/2012/08/visual-basic-6-0-the-cobol-of-our-time/), so who knows with the install base of VB6 apps it might be impossible to kill off. I still remember the pain that Cobol inflicted on me in the late 80’s

If you’re still using VB6 (there are some valid reasons – i.e. supporting legacy apps ☺) enjoy the pain that a 20 year old IDE brings, but my advice is to look at a modern IDE (it can make teaching/learning software development more accessible

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Chris Bucknell
Head of ICT
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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Tuesday, 7 October 2014 10:33 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] VB6 lives on

Hi all.

Paula says Visual Basic 6 will continue to be an approved language for 2015, so we fossils live on to fight another year.

It makes sense, though.The study design requires the use of an OOP language, but does not mandate the use of encapsulation, inheritance, instantiation, custom classes etc, so VB6 still does the job.

And in the draft 2016 study design I still see no reference to - or requirement to use - any OOP features beyond those which VB6 offers.

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Mark Kelly
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