what to learn next - after Excel & Excel VBA?

[Fazza]

Hi,

Having obtained a good skill level in Excel & Excel VBA, and adequate ADO and SQL, I'm wondering what would be a useful next step.

I can imagine getting into MS Access or other databases - but don't know which. Though I am not targeting that route, I can see it as a likely possibility - it does not particularly excite me though. Whereas using Excel & Excel VBA is enjoyable and likely to remain fundamental to my computer usage for some time yet.

My main interest is in keeping up with technology - such as if there is a new direction in programming - and developing my skills for working with medium to large amounts of data. At one level I can imagine working more with Excel & Access together to solve tasks but I'm thinking this would be not too new or interesting and that I'd want to take a bigger step.

Would appreciate comments. Regards, Fazza

 

[Fazza]

Indeed! I have built two or three websites, to the approximate standard of a 7 year old

Well done, Emma. Though that is only two or three more than me.

 

[Fazza]

Websites are very easy - you don't even have to be able to spell or write in sentences to create them

You mean, even Aussies can make websites?

 

[DonkeyOte]

Bonza websites.

 

[Fazza]

Enough for tonight. It is cold and late (here). Thanks for the comments, Luke & Emma. Ciao, F

 

[RoryA]

Just to chip in: if you like, and plan to continue developing in, Excel and VBA then I would say learning VB.Net was a good idea, especially in conjunction with VSTO. Some of the stuff you can do is really cool (using Windows Forms controls in workbooks, more stable add-ins, custom task panes, NamedRange controls and data caches etc.) and I think the two are going to become more and more linked as versions of Office progress. And on the Office front, I think at least picking up a few bits and pieces on XML wouldn't do any harm (though I haven't really started that myself yet!)

 

[Fazza]

Thanks, Rory.

And others, too. There have been some helpful suggestions. Thank you. F

 

[arthurbr]

Bonsoir Rorya,
d'où tiens-tu ces deux vers?

 

[RoryA]

Du livre "Mots d'heures, gousses, rames." Peu importe, l'importe!
Tu connais?

 

[arthurbr]

Non, pas du tout.
C'est surtout le dernier verbe qui me tarabuste

 

[cornflakegirl]

Rory, you're enjoying all this far too much!