Hi CMRHM, That link points towards the entire Visual Studio Express development platform. You do not need it to create VB or C# script components in Grasshopper.
The DotNET framework already comes with a compiler for VB and C# (I use it behind the scenes to compile GH scripts to DLLs). I definitely recommend getting Visual Studio Express though because you can use it to create standalone applications as well as Rhino plugins. It's a much better learning environment than the Grasshopper Script editor. Grasshopper is compiled using VB 2008 Professional and the DotNET 2.0 Framework. If you're developing plugins for Rhino we recommend 2.0, but I've tried 3.5 a while back and that plugin ran just fine. -- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Mar 5, 8:33 pm, CMRHM <[email protected]> wrote: > David: > > Thanks. I am gonna switch to VB.net since I need help on debugging. > > Is VB.net called VB now? Is the following link for VB.net > compiler?http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/ > > So I can use Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 and Microsoft visual basic > 2008 express with Rhino SR4, do I? > > cmrhm > > On Mar 3, 12:09 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > *. Is C# same as visual C#? > > > Yes. > > > > *. Most people is learning VB.net instead of C#, is this still the > > > case by today? > > > Yes. Visual basic contains the word "basic" whereas C# contains the > > word "sharp". It's no wonder people feel more fuzzy about VB. > > Also, VB syntax is more forgiving (not case sensitive for example) so > > easier to learn. > > > > I am more familiar with Java, so I think I better do > > > C#. But my goal is to learn A language quick( 3-7 days), so I could > > > be able to read or write some codes when I can't find the > > > functionality I need in GH. > > > If that's your dead-line, I suggest you start with C#. But note that > > C# scripting in less well tested in GH than VB and tends to have more > > bugs. > > A new version of GH is forthcoming and this version will have a bunch > > of Script component improvements. > > > -- > > David Rutten > > [email protected] > > Robert McNeel & Associates
