Visual Studio 2008

<div><p>We have another application developer at our hospital who has been looking at Visual Studio 2008.<br><br>Don't send the hate mail...!<br><br>We were listing pro's and con's of Smalltalk with Aida (or yes, even Seaside!) vs Visual Studio, and I came to the conclusion that it depends on the problem you are trying to solve.&nbsp; The "instant" drag and drop data sources and page layouts in Visual Studio were certainly impressive, but the underlying code is most definitely NOT impressive.<br><br>Anyway, my advice was if you have a complex problem domain, Smalltalk is hands down the winner.&nbsp; If all you need to do is create Crystal Reports and paged tables, tracking boards, that sort of thing, and you don't even need to "code," why NOT use Visual Studio.&nbsp; But the minute you need to go a little deeper, the code generated by Visual Studio is, pardon my language, going to kick you in the ass (in my opinion). <br><br>In other words, once your drag and drop days are over, you are not having fun anymore!<br><br>Any other thoughts, so I can help him make an intelligent decision?&nbsp; Maybe both are right, depending on the job?<br><br>Thanks, <br><br>Rob<br></p></div>