Alternative languages to VBA

[Fredrik1987]

Hi!

I've tried reading about alternative languages to VBA on different forums, but haven't really found an answer.
I know it's not a yes/no alternative here, but any recommendations is appreciated

I want to build several userforms in MS Excel, they're built just fine in VBA, but i was hoping there's a language that offers a better IDE and/or easier way to build classes/modules etc. than VBA.

So far I've looked into VS studio and build an VSTO add-in or windows userform through vb.net, is that something I should look more into? I'm also hoping to learn a bit more about building simple webpages or something similiar later on (e.g through Ruby on Rails), so a language that's build up similiar would be a pro (I guess)?

Keep in mind I feel like I'm fairly low on the techladder, I'm also alone the "only" person in my department doing this, so a well developed community would be a huge pro!

 

[starl]

VBA is part of Microsoft Office. You don't need any special tools to work within it. No special installation. Your code can be in a workbook, addin, template.

You step outside of VBA and you will have to create a COM Addin.

I don't see understand what difficulty you have with VBA. There are tools (MZ-tools, for example) that add extras to the VBE.

 

[Fredrik1987]

Then I will try that, thanks for the help