That depends on what you are trying to do.  If you are doing windows GUI

apps like word processors and oer high level things VB is definitely easier

in my opinion.  HOwever if you are doing more computationally intense stuff

or simple things like console programs or games than go with C++  but I

think vb is a good starting point.  If you want to buy it the only version

you can get is vb.net which is pretty cool.  You should get started quicker

using that but if you are determined to use C++ I'm not stopping you (it's

pretty cool).

James

hi

james,
so you say vb.net is easyer then c++ to learn?
and the things I'm

interested in programming is of cores firstly audio games[not simple

ones],like g m a stile games
but I nead to understand more for you ,so you

say vb.net is easyer but isn't c++ a better langwij?
cause alot of people

say it is
though I dont know about accessibility with vb.net
and every

game developer hear seems to use vb6,though I dont understand why,isn't vb6

very old?
thanks
big y

Nothing needs to be accessible about VC++, all you need to do is edit code

and go in the menus or know the hotkeys to compile stuff.  There's nothing

special that needs scripts or anything.  You can also get the compiler for

free at msdn.microsoft.com and many other free compilers such as

bloodshed.net's dev-c++, where as you have to pay $100+ USD for vb.net

(since as far as I know you can't buy 6 anymore).  I too wonder why

audiogame guys use VB6... probably for it's ease.  If you are going to make

GMA style games I suggest you make simpler ones first so yu know what you

are doing unless you know some basic 3d physics and how to position

sounds.

For now I am using Visual C++.  Like I said you can get the same compiler

that comes with VC++.net free, only thing is it doesn't come with the fancy

easier-to-understand ide to facilitate all your project stuff.  If you want

taht kind of thing Dev-c++ would probably be good.  You can also get the

Borland compiler somewhere.  If you are going to do C++ I suggest using SDL

(libsdl.org) and SDL_Mixer (which can be found under Libraries of the sdl

page) because they simplify a lot of the stuff you have to do under windows

or any operating system that is really not necessary to write out if you're

just doing a game.

actually, the language of vb is very easy to understand. for example, when

you say: x.setCurrentPosition 0, what do you understand from it? yes, it's

very understandable. it means set the position of the verriable "x" to 0.

(beginning of file). and don't think that it's easy, the hard thing is

that c++ or vb .net, have shortcut things. i mean that the program writer

can do the thing by 2 lines of codes. but in vb 6, you have to make new

things that can do it. even best vb program writers, sometimes can't do a

thing, but a beginner, can do it. well, it depends on the person that wants

to learn. maybe, your game would be 100 lines in vb .net, but in vb 6 it's

1800 or such. because you made new things. it doesn't exist!
parham

doostdar, mp-soft, www.mp-soft.tk

No you can get C++ compilers for free, VB you do have to pay for with the

IDE.  You can't get vb6 anymore (I don't think it's supported) and I

don't know how much jaws supports .net but it must since other developers

use it.

Just go with VB

We

use Visual C++.

Visual C++ is not another langauge; it's the name for Microsoft's

compiler/ide.

James

Hello,
If you're looking into game-development, VB is probably you're

best bet, specifically VB.NET. VB6 is outdated and does not encourage good

programming-practice. VB.NET improves on this greatly and it is simply more

flexible. I won't get into the jargon involved owing to the fact that

you're still starting out but you can get VB.NET Standard 2003 edition

(which does everything the average developer wants) from amazon.com. I do

use VB.NET and have coded Treasure Hunt 4.20 and above in it. The GMA game

engine is coded in VB6 but like it has been said many times in earlier posts

to this thread, VB6 is unsupported. The newest generation is .NET. There is

an excellent book called "Learning Visual BASIC.NET" which you might want to

look into if you do purchase VB.NET. Bookshare.org does have it for

download.
Regards,
Munawar