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I'm getting into GIS, using ESRI's ArcGIS product in particular. I'd
use the GPL'ed GRASS instead, but few employers seem to have ever
heard of it; ESRI, for better or worse, seems to have a monopoly on
GIS and they're in bed with Microsoft).
Anyway, VB seems to be the standard language used to customize and
extend ArcGIS; a step up from its Avenue programming language (at
least VB can be used to code other things), but I'm not all that happy
about having to learn VB to be successful as a GIS person.
Anyone here use Perl with ESRI products? Is it possible? Effective?
Productive?Pleasant? Or is it just the wrong tool for the job?
Unfortunately, I don't know C++ or Java (two other options,
apparently, for extending and customizing ArcGIS apps), but perhaps
now is the time to learn one or the other.
For those who eschew VB as a programming language for us with ArcGIS,
which is better / easier to learn / more useful / whatever adjective
that suits you as a GIS professional in your work, should I go with
C++ or Java or something else?
Thank you muchly.
- Dana
use the GPL'ed GRASS instead, but few employers seem to have ever
heard of it; ESRI, for better or worse, seems to have a monopoly on
GIS and they're in bed with Microsoft).
Anyway, VB seems to be the standard language used to customize and
extend ArcGIS; a step up from its Avenue programming language (at
least VB can be used to code other things), but I'm not all that happy
about having to learn VB to be successful as a GIS person.
Anyone here use Perl with ESRI products? Is it possible? Effective?
Productive?Pleasant? Or is it just the wrong tool for the job?
Unfortunately, I don't know C++ or Java (two other options,
apparently, for extending and customizing ArcGIS apps), but perhaps
now is the time to learn one or the other.
For those who eschew VB as a programming language for us with ArcGIS,
which is better / easier to learn / more useful / whatever adjective
that suits you as a GIS professional in your work, should I go with
C++ or Java or something else?
Thank you muchly.
- Dana