VC++ versus VB

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Daniel Jenkins

I'm currently charged with the task of writing a customized business
application. This app will perform order entry, invoicing, accounting, etc.
type tasks.

Can anyone justify a decision to write this app in VC++.net as opposed to
writing it in VB.net?

Assumptions:
everyone in department knows both languages.
we have access to all needed resources.
we're using Windows 2000 server with 98/XP clients.
no SET time scale as of yet.

Your replies would be deeply appreciated.
 
Evaluate how complex it is, and decide whether it involves
features that can't be done in VB very easily/well (such
as multithreading, graphics, device manipulation, complex
time-consuming arithmetic etc.) and if it does, then write
it in C++, and don't look back. There's nothing more
annoying than trying to kludge VB. However if it doesn't,
write it in VB. You'll save yourself lots of time. Knock
up a prototype of a simulation of the most complex
operation using each language, and test it on the Win98
and the 2000/XP computers. Bear in mind that C++ can do
things seamlessly that VB has difficulty with - such as
graphics and animation, multithreading, complex arithmetic
and hardware interaction, but VB can do mostly everything
else, and applications constructed in VB can be extremely
professional. However I suppose it's a lot to do with what
*most* of your developers know *best*. Maybe you could
develop it in both? Perhaps build ActiveX controls or DLLs
in C++, and the front end in VB? Feel free to hire me
aswell if you like, I'm quite cheap.
 
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