i just took a look on Qt Designer, it looks good, anyone use it before??

Hello ML guys

As you may know, i had a plan to virtualize my Primary DC, therefor i want to install Additional DC in case of something wrong happen during this transition ( that time the ADC can serve my network)

i promote the ADC,and made it global catalog and DNS server without ceasing FSMO Roles (no need because the PDC is still functioning)

the issue is : when i disconnect the ADC from the network, if i open active directory users and computers i get an error message, but if i connect it back to network, i can open active directory users and computers

as far as i can see the ADC is like a mirror of the PDC even if it is a GC and DNS

any thoughts how to make ADC working fine even if PDC is down

thanks

what do you think Dear Scott of python programming language, i heard interesting things about it, also it is portable,

also what is the best IDE (has to be drag and drop GUI builder) i can use to make GUI application with it ??

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

we are in the third world so i think stuff are more easier than yours in US

I'm not in the US, by the way. I'm much closer to you. I'm only 150 miles off of Libya.

so i geuss you are now in Italy ?? but you are a US citizen and you have long experience in US or maybe in Europe ??

we are in the third world so i think stuff are more easier than yours in US, you are very developed country, do not compare your country with the third world, there is a big difference especially in technology

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

yeah off course, i will use c#.net, i like it

Why use C#, though? It's a nice language, I like it too and have written certifications on it even, but that mostly locks you to a single OS. Why write anything that does that in this day and age?

maybe i have 3 reason to do so:
1- visual studio make it easy to create the windows interface
2- it is a microsoft product, so it is easy to generate excel and word from my application
3- no body use OS other than windows

yeah off course, i will use c#.net, i like it

i mean, if i want to work with him in his project i have to follow his language choice not mine

@scottalanmiller said:

Any full language can do anything. But the "right" language for any given task would be the best one. So on one hand, you could say that VB is always acceptable as it is a full language. On the other hand, you probably cannot find any scenario where it is best, so maybe it should never be on the list.

I lean to the later, the short list should be, quite literally, the few choices that are reasonably potential to be the best for any given task.

Even in VB's wheelhouse, which is Windows desktop development, it is the secondary language to C# in use, popularity and how it is perceived by developers and is tertiary to C# and F# in being considered a modern, serious, expressive language.

So even where VB is best, it isn't good enough to reasonably consider. If you don't consider it when it is as good as it gets, why even consider it?

yes i agree, in my case i will reply by saying: i will consider it because the one who is in charge of developing has chosen it, so i have to accept that and just use it, otherwise i cannot work with him

@scottalanmiller said:

And it is important to note that choosing a language should be done by the determination of the project at hand and never the opposite. That's one of the reasons why VB gets a bad reputation - because the reasons why it is chosen are bad. We assume that if a project is done in VB it is because someone chose VB then used it, rather than having a project, looking for the right tool and using whatever the right tool is.

To pick a good language you would start with knowing the project, then determining the needs, then picking a language and its framework together.

can you give me use cases where vb.net for example cannot be in the list ??knowing that the need is 90 % of the time is basic, manipulating database (add, remove , edit ....) and generate report , nothing special

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

which is better in web developing : ASP.net or J2EE or PHP??

Why would you limit to so few options and pick all ones that are not considered modern or forward looking? While none of those are bad, none would make my short list, either.

because this what we have learned in university, and also they are well known in the market especially J2EE,
J2EE guys are well payed $$$

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

vb.net has very bad reputation then hhhhhh
someone has to be shy if he tell to people : well i'm a vb.net developer, shame

Well no one is forced to only know VB, people who work with VB during the day are always free to learn something else on their own time and should definitely be. No one expects a good developer to only ever know a single language. I've never met a good developer that was defined by a language. They work in many.

yes you are right, this is exactly what i will do, developing the preexisting VB.net project and in the same time if we have new project at hand i will persuade the developer to use c# (80% he will refuse lol because maybe he will choose the short path and the easiest language "shitty VB.net" )

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@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

wait i forget hhhh,i have to be fair with him, he has developed a PHP web application

That's a little better.

which is better in web developing : ASP.net or J2EE or PHP??

vb.net has very bad reputation then hhhhhh
someone has to be shy if he tell to people : well i'm a vb.net developer, shame

wait i forget hhhh,i have to be fair with him, he has developed a PHP web application

@IT-ADMIN

ah i see, programmer is not correct, i have to use the developer

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

i do not have a choice i have to learn it in order to help developing the 3 year legacy programs we have already, in the same time i cannot change the programmer's mind

"Programmer" might be a generous term

sorry, i didn't understand ??

i swear i never use vb.net before, all the time i have that idea that vb is used by beginners and those who are not familiar with programming because it is more close to human language, i had previous experience with c++ and java but only small project but c# was my favorite,
now the company i work in, we have a programmer who is with me, and he is the one who is in charge of development, i'm in charge of everything IT except programming, now the management decided that i have to handle them both, in addition to my job i have to help the programmer because he was overwhelmed and there are too much work pending so i have to integrate with him to finish the work as soon as possible, i liked the idea and consider it a good opportunity to improve myself especially i have a background in programming
the problem now is that programmer is using vb.net all the time, every program in our company is vb.net, and i'm not familiar with vb.net not wanting to learn it lol
i do not have a choice i have to learn it in order to help developing the 3 year legacy programs we have already, in the same time i cannot change the programmer's mind

for example if i want to change an action of a specific button, i have to edit vb.net code, this is what i mean

if i want to develop and add new feature into the application i have to use vb.net