Re: VB vs. Designer 2000

Part of the problem in answering is that the 2 products are very different. Designer is an integrated CASE tool that supports the entire SDLC (including application generation).
VB is a 3GL.

Probably a closer fit to VB would be Oracle Developer. Developer has a somewhat higher learning curve but is much morfe productive in the hands of a skilled team. Designer is frequently used to generate Developer applications.

[Quoted] Performance of Developer apps should (in general) be much better than VB. Developer uses native Oracle OCI (low level) calls. VB uses ODBC. You will also write a LOT more code in a VB environment. Developer is specifically tuned to the Oracle DB, VB is not.

[Quoted] VB talent should be easier to find and cheeper once you get it. However, Designer/Developer is a much more productive, fully featured environment if you have a skilled development team.

[Quoted] I agree with the other answer, i.e. if it is a serious, large app, use Designer and Developer. If you are just playing around, VB is fine.

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Paul Dorsey
[Quoted] Dulcian, Inc.
www.dulcian.com
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coauthor of Oracle Press's Designer Handbook and
coauthor of the upcoming Oracle Press book on Advanced Developer Techniques


edkeen_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7cbagq$dpm$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...


>Does anyone have any information on a comparison between Visual Basic and


>Oracle Designer 2000?  I am mainly looking for performance comparisons.

Any


>info would be greatly appreciated.


>

>Thanks,

>Ed Keen

>

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