Well, I used to be an HTML, JavaScript/JScript, VBScript user. Then I learned to use Visual Basic 6, and then C#. Now I'm trying to make the transition to C++/CLI. In theory, C++/CLI should be almost as easy to learn as C#. In a realworld environment however, C++/CLI is much harder to begin using. The most notable problems I've encountered is the lack of clues to help me realize a mistake. In C# and VB.NET, I get underlines, and popups helping me fill the file up with code. I get none of that in C++/CLI. The second issue is knowing how all the files relate to each other when first creating a fresh Windows Forms project. I change the namespace name, and it gives me errors. I change the form's name, and it gives me errors. I try to customize anything and it gives me errors. After a few minutes I was able to alleviate some of these problems, but I feel I could do a better job if I could know what parts of what files are dependent on which parts of which files. For example, in C#, if you rename a namespace, a variable, or anything of that sort, the IDE offers to rename all instances of the item referenced from other parts of the file, and even other files.

Any help getting me up on my feet would be appreciated.