Visual Basic, Which version of VB for high school lab?

Which version of VB for high school lab?

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Larry Balo #1 / 4	Which version of VB for high school lab? Hello, Apologies in advance if this topic has been covered but I haven't kept up with the group and I need a quick answer. I teach an intro to computer systems class at a high school. We cover programming. I am currently teaching it using QBasic. Someone not technically adept bought the software and 30 books three years ago. The students hate it. The DOS stuff turns them off immediately and I struggle the whole term with it. We now have a grant to purchase new software. The problem is the lab computers are 233's with 32 meg of ram. We run Windows 98. This won't support .Net and I am not sure I want to get that cutting edge with the 9th graders. I would like to use an older version of VB but the Microsoft web site doesn't show any old versions for sale. Question: Can I still get an older version of VB, say version 5.0, that I can run on the existing machines? Any ideas about the situation are welcome. Should I consider doing a Visual C++ class instead. I want to prepare the students with something more up to date than QBasic. Not all of the students are tecnically adapt as this is an Intro class. Thanks, Larry
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:06:47 GMT

Norman Menard J #2 / 4	Which version of VB for high school lab? You can still get VB6 from microsoft which is available as a downgrade after purchasing VB.net see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/productinfo/previous/downgrade.asp -- Norman Menard remove nospam to reply
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:23:48 GMT

Larry Linso #3 / 4	Which version of VB for high school lab? You can purchase copies of earlier versions from various software vendors -- I see quite a few of them at "sidewalk computer sales" (we are blessed with several here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area); you can also look on eBay for back (or, as I am sure Microsoft considers them, obsolescent) versions -- some may be used, some will still be in shrink wrap; one company I know that does mail order and _might_ have older versions is http://www.computersworth.com. For an introductory course, if you don't want to produce executables that you can move to another machine, you may still be able to download, free, VB 5 Control Creation Edition (CCE) from Microsoft. I wouldn't even hazard a guess _where_ on Microsoft's site it would be, if it is still available. -- Larry Linson http://www.ntpcug.org -- North Texas PC User Group http://members.tripod.com/ntaccess -- Access SIG http://members.tripod.com/accdevel -- Access Samples and Examples Quote: > Hello, > Apologies in advance if this topic has been covered but I haven't kept > up with the group and I need a quick answer. I teach an intro to > computer systems class at a high school. We cover programming. I am > currently teaching it using QBasic. Someone not technically adept > bought the software and 30 books three years ago. The students hate > it. The DOS stuff turns them off immediately and I struggle the whole > term with it. > We now have a grant to purchase new software. The problem is the lab > computers are 233's with 32 meg of ram. We run Windows 98. This > won't support .Net and I am not sure I want to get that cutting edge > with the 9th graders. I would like to use an older version of VB but > the Microsoft web site doesn't show any old versions for sale. > Question: Can I still get an older version of VB, say version 5.0, > that I can run on the existing machines? > Any ideas about the situation are welcome. Should I consider doing a > Visual C++ class instead. I want to prepare the students with > something more up to date than QBasic. Not all of the students are > tecnically adapt as this is an Intro class. > Thanks, > Larry
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:35:13 GMT

dsavits #4 / 4	Which version of VB for high school lab? why not use the grant money for something useful and use a free language. some of these have nice ide's, and are better learning languages as well. python (www.python.org) and Ruby come to mind. further, i bet some of the commercial gui builder makers will make you a deal if building guis is so important. -d Quote: > Hello, > Apologies in advance if this topic has been covered but I haven't kept > up with the group and I need a quick answer. I teach an intro to > computer systems class at a high school. We cover programming. I am > currently teaching it using QBasic. Someone not technically adept > bought the software and 30 books three years ago. The students hate > it. The DOS stuff turns them off immediately and I struggle the whole > term with it. > We now have a grant to purchase new software. The problem is the lab > computers are 233's with 32 meg of ram. We run Windows 98. This > won't support .Net and I am not sure I want to get that cutting edge > with the 9th graders. I would like to use an older version of VB but > the Microsoft web site doesn't show any old versions for sale. > Question: Can I still get an older version of VB, say version 5.0, > that I can run on the existing machines? > Any ideas about the situation are welcome. Should I consider doing a > Visual C++ class instead. I want to prepare the students with > something more up to date than QBasic. Not all of the students are > tecnically adapt as this is an Intro class. > Thanks, > Larry
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:45:49 GMT

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