Year 2 inlcudes an introduction databases. We get to cover the exciting world of Microsoft Access and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Last school year, we had an introduction to Visual Basic, and I figured that would translate well to VBA when used with Access. I was wrong.
The basic concepts behind Access are failry simple. Getting into VBA code is pretty annoying. This goes back to my preference for C and C++ syntax. VBA makes absolutely no sense to me. It's a convoluted language that has too many wierd quirks to remember. I especially do not like how VBA will automatically shift characters a couple of spaces; there is certain way I like to code, and VBA usually prevents me from doing this.
This is also another where there is no text. Also frustrating as this makes studying at home a little more difficult; having to jump between two windows is annoying. The teachers notes don't explain how things work behind the scenes in Access and VBA, so I don't truly understand what it is we are doing. I like to be able to easily look up things, instead of endless Googling hoping someone has had the exact same issue as me.
The basic concepts behind Access are failry simple. Getting into VBA code is pretty annoying. This goes back to my preference for C and C++ syntax. VBA makes absolutely no sense to me. It's a convoluted language that has too many wierd quirks to remember. I especially do not like how VBA will automatically shift characters a couple of spaces; there is certain way I like to code, and VBA usually prevents me from doing this.
This is also another where there is no text. Also frustrating as this makes studying at home a little more difficult; having to jump between two windows is annoying. The teachers notes don't explain how things work behind the scenes in Access and VBA, so I don't truly understand what it is we are doing. I like to be able to easily look up things, instead of endless Googling hoping someone has had the exact same issue as me.
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