One ASP.NET 2.0 VB Volunteer

Published 11 May 04 12:44 PM | despos

I'm just writing the intro to my next book which will be available this summer right after the release of Beta 1. All the examples are wrapped up in a unique, all-encompassing application that I'm pretty proud of. It displays a UI made of one tab per each chapter. You click and are listed all the samples for that chapter with a brief description and a link to run the example. No need to create a virtual folder thanks to the new features of VS 2005 and the embedded local Web server.

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Just one problem: all the code is C#. (70+ examples.) Anybody out there willing to volunteer a VB.NET translation? You should have at least the Community Tech Preview March 04. (Which you can download off the MSDN subscribers site. It's 2.7 GB and took me 20 hours on ADSL.)  

No need to rush out--the book will be out this summer.

PS: You won't be paid for this; but if lots of people sign up, you might be asked to pay to volunteer <G>

 

Comments

# Scott McCulloch said on May 11, 2004 07:05 AM:

Hi Dino - I'd be happy to volunteer to do the VB.NET conversion - I am a big fan of your work (mainly the cutting edge column), and have already done a bit of work with the community preview (as well as implement some of the features of 2.0 in 1.1), so this would give me a good excuse to do more.. you can contact me at smcculloch[AT]iinet[DOT]net[DOT]au

# Stefano Demiliani said on May 11, 2004 09:32 AM:

I hope your book will be available soon also in Italy... I'm a big fan of your books... Programming ASP.NET is one of my favourite books. Keep up the great work. Having also a VB.NET version is wonderful. A personal suggestion: make examples on how to build a complete website.

# stic said on May 11, 2004 10:13 AM:

So, I also offer my help, prepare VB.NET code examples from C# code is like making coffee in machine, after preparing chinese green tee ;-)
I hardwork with actual ASP.NET, and at home prepare myself for next edition - so helping you, will be helping myself also ;-)
my mail is: stefantura (at) poczta.onet.pl

# Greg Pyatt said on May 11, 2004 11:19 AM:

http://authors.aspalliance.com/aldotnet/examples/translate.aspx

You've all been outsourced. You can pay my consulting fee bill via paypal.
Have a nice day.

# saifee said on May 11, 2004 11:52 AM:

Sure, I would love to work on porting your C# examples to VB.NET. You can reach me at saifees [at] gmail [dot] com

# Sahil Malik said on May 11, 2004 11:55 AM:

Dino, I would be honored to convert this to VB.NET. I am currently tech reviewing another book for apress. You can contact me via my blog.

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/sahilmalik/

# Scott McCulloch said on May 11, 2004 05:39 PM:

um, greg, there are a 100 converters out there, but as it says in the first line of that converter, "The C# to VB.NET Translation tool is not perfect."

You would have to use a combination of the converter, and manual changes.

# Sebastian Weber said on May 12, 2004 08:59 AM:

When you translate an English book to German or Italian, you won't do it with an automatic translation tool. (Of course, some companies do it for instruction manuals and they're very funny to read!)

But bookwriting demands more quality and in case of C# to VB.NET translation you have to care about comments, naming conventions and so on ...

I really would not recommend an automatic translation approach neither for source code nor for instruction manuals :-)

# Greg Pyatt said on May 12, 2004 11:53 AM:

Oh sure, here we go... just more FUD from those about to be outsourced.
I'm sticking my fingers in my ears now.
You all sound like Charlie Brown's teacher to me now - wah wah wah wahwahwahwahwahwah...

As for you Mr. Scott McCulloch, if that *is* your real name, you should know that the expenses of code perfection is what the 80/20 rule is for. You're so obviously not manglement material. If you were, you'd know to run the C# code through all 100 converters and take the average.

And you, Mr. Sebastian Weber, which I'm sure is a made-up name to sound smugly European, this is America and we only speak English. You can't convert C# to Italian because Italian is not a .NET approved language! That won't happen until Whidbey is released. And you people call yourselves programmers. Feh...

As for me, I've got a truck full of used typewriters from the GoodWill and I'm going to dump them into the monkey exhibits at the San Diego Zoo. I'll literally be saving *billions* on developer expenses for Mr. Esposito. You have no idea how many bananas you can get for a Starbuck's latte, do you?

Fools! I.. shall rule... the world! Muhahahahaaaa!

Cordially,

Greg Pyatt
<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/eking/archive/2004/05/12/130484.aspx">International .NET Ass</a>

# Rodrigo Pineda Icaza said on May 12, 2004 01:52 PM:

What's wrong with the American Technology Economy , this is what is wrong:
too many people willing to work for free, after all the book will produce royalties, will sell well, as Dino is an exellent writer ( My Favourite) and is not an open source project.

I dont mind being outsource by Greg and his converter tool, but being beaten by freebies , damm , that hurts.


Good luck to all

Rodrigo

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# Manish Jadhav said on May 13, 2004 11:05 PM:

Dino,

Are you still looking for this volunteer? May be I could help you out with this one.

Manish Jadhav

# Marius Constantinescu said on May 14, 2004 05:01 AM:

Hello,
How about translating your code...is it done..??? Do u still need help??
You know where to contact me.

And thanks,
C. Marius

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