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Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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I had to actually google "Visual Basic Editor" to find out why it was a thing people are still using in this century, and found out that it's the editor for VBA macros in MS-Office applications. So "Visual Basic Editor" is a bit of a misnomer...

Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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I got this approved at a previous employer when I was writing some VBA/Jira automation. It's.. OK. I found it slowed down my environment quite a bit and was unstable. I stopped using it eventually.

I've had the same experience with RubberDuck. MZ-tools (https://www.mztools.com/) on the other hand is a VBA tool I couldn't work without. Doesn't slow the IDE down and stable as a rock.

Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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I got this approved at a previous employer when I was writing some VBA/Jira automation. It's.. OK. I found it slowed down my environment quite a bit and was unstable. I stopped using it eventually.

I've had the same experience with RubberDuck. MZ-tools ( https://www.mztools.com/ ) on the other hand is a VBA tool I couldn't work without. Doesn't slow the IDE down and stable as a rock.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. I think RubberDuck shows a lot of potential, it just needs the speed and stability improved now.

Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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> "Bring the VBE into this century!" This actually gave me goosebumps... Are there many modern use-cases for Visual Basic? All I can think of is horrible scripting code for Excel, Word and AutoCAD

You wouldn't believe how much business value flows through Excel spreadsheets.

Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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> "Bring the VBE into this century!" This actually gave me goosebumps... Are there many modern use-cases for Visual Basic? All I can think of is horrible scripting code for Excel, Word and AutoCAD

I would make fun of VBA but it is still helping save lives and catch criminals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS55cFZdino

Re: Rubberduck – COM add-in that enables IDE features in the Visual Basic Editor

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> "Bring the VBE into this century!" This actually gave me goosebumps... Are there many modern use-cases for Visual Basic? All I can think of is horrible scripting code for Excel, Word and AutoCAD

VBA scripting engine is built in into windows and can be called from C,C++ and more (there is also built-in old JS engine but probably less popular). Its like python 2 for linux. If you want to give scripting capabilities on windows it the #1 choice.
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