Are there any VB.NET IDE out there??

Are there any VB.NET IDE out there?? Those free ones, like the SharpDevelop??

I just had a bit of difficult time working with VB.NET project on SharpDevelop 2.0. Well, can't blame them, this is an IDE for the C#. As much as Visual Studio 2005 is created to give an ease to VB.NET, SharpDevelop is created mainly for C# development, though it can be used for other languages as well. Also, the pre-defined codes created with VB.NET for its designer is different, to include the My namespace.

Any way, I guess I will have to include this in my coming minimalist IDE.

where are you my minimalist IDE???

It seems I really need to create another version of (hopefully working) IDE for the .NET framework…

Dont worry the Visual Studio 2005 works fine, in fact it is the best (of course Microsoft created it for .NET framework 2.0), but it needs to be installed in the PC first. I need something mobile, that I can move with me.

Just a clarification, I am not bringing with me a laptop. By mobile I mean in a USB flash drive. That's right, I need something that I can use without having the trouble to install it in every PC that I would use.

I found just that, actually, on the SharpDevelop 2.0 IDE, there are some glitches yet. I had fun using it actually, as it had helped me create various applications already. I just had some trouble working with it when doing multi-thread applications, such as client/server socket applications. I always throw an exception about the 'stepper not part of the collection of the stepperCollection'. This is very distracting, especially that my codes are on the line here. I need to make sure that the codes I had written are correct, but I wouldn't get to that point since the IDE itself will crash already.

Any way, I am thinking of creating a new minimalist IDE, while I havent got the time to hack through SharpDevelop's codes.

RIght now, I am very hungry, but this cafe attendant wouldnt want me to leave this area. Sigh…

The trouble of working in internet cafe’s….

You might wanna ask, why work in internet cafe’s???

Sure the ambience is annoying, with so many chatters and players cursing around while tapping on those keyboards and doing their stuff, sometimes thinking as if they are the only clients in the cafe. Other players waiting for their turn would be moving around trying to intimidate other players. Chatters would laugh at their fellow chatters on line. Basically the most basic of all internet cafe, those with small spaces and whose income rely on players, would be a mess.

But why bother working there? I dont have a PC at home, so I have to work there. I cant use our office’s resources late at night, so I have to work there.

Sometimes I think I would need to move this blog entry to the main blog. Any way, already had started it.

I am currently studying an implementation of asynchronous sockets in C#. This C# library basically relies on events to be fired to ensure connectivity, at least that’s what I understood so far. I wanted to find a way to make it work like passing the parameters needed without having to call the events. Basically to create the host instances (for both client and server) without having to rely on a service that handles the events. But it seems, as I can see it I makes no other opening than that. I mean, maybe yes, but that would require another class with longer codes. The idea of the .NET would be defeated with that.

Any way, I had to work back on the example again, hope things would be fine. Hope I get it right this time….

And oh, I am in an internet cafe, might as well play NBA Live 2006 for a while, its been long since I havent played this. [And not to brag, but I’m good at this… hehehehehehe]

Against all odds…

After some time, even for a little time, every programmer would notice the very obvious difference between the past and the present - all solutions to virtually every programming problem is provided for.

Take for instance the .NET Framework. It gives everything that you will need when creating programs, in virtually at least one line. Before programming with the Win32 API would require you long lines to perform a function from the win32 API, most of it initialization of variables needed for the function. Say for example the accessing the registry. The most effective way would be through the Win32 API. But right now accessing the registry has one-line (and not to mention easier-to-read) equivalent functions in the .NET framework. Every thing is provided already.

Which makes me to ask: With everything provided, what is there left to create???? It seems the things left are those needed to be innovated/changed. What do you think is there left to create???