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Vote : Have You Tried To Move VB Developers To Java ?
posted Tuesday, 25 April 2006
| I have been wondering lately about Microsoft Visual Basic and VB.NET - how many developers have crossed over to Java. There is no denying that many VB developers have moved to Java. Every JavaOne I invariably have meet someone that was a VB developer - so I am wondering about two things - whether Java developers today are undertaking to show VB developers the virtues of Java and whether some of those Java developers were VB developers. I wonder if Java developers today are showing the virtues of their Java IDEs (NetBeans, Eclipse, Java Studio Creator 2, BlueJ, etc) and of Java ? So here is the latest vote - you can find it on the the left side-bar and vote. The question is "Do you work within a company that has Visual Basic and VB.NET developers ? If yes, have you ever tried to get them to look at Java ?". There are lots of possible answers - check it out and vote. On-Going Vote :  "Software development environments (IDEs) like NetBeans, Eclipse, IDEAS, JDeveloper and BlueJ can be used for many things. What do you use yours for ? I use my IDE primarily for : "...So far the results are that most developers overwhelmingly use their IDEs for Java. Java is currently at 97%, C/C++ is at 3%, Dynamic & Scripting Languages and I don't use an IDE are at 0%.Recent (Archived) Votes : "NetBeans uses the term 'module' and Eclipse uses the term 'plugin' They mean the same thing. Which do you prefer ?" is over. The term 'plugin' was more popular with 45%, followed by 'module' with 30% and 'It really doesn't matter' was 26%. 128 votes were cast. It was very close and it suggests that it probably doesn't matter. Myself, I prefer the term 'plugin' - because it has been widely used in software prior to IDEs - but in the end it probably doesn't matter. |