- Visual Basic
dablink This article is about the Visual Basic language shipping with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier. For the Visual Basic language shipping with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or later, see Visual Basic .NET . Infobox programming language name Visual Basic logo File Visual Basic 6 icon.gif br File Visualbasic6logoprofessional.jpg 250px screenshot File Microsoft Visual Studio 6 screenshot.png 250px caption Screenshot of the Visual Basic 6 IDE running on Windows Vista . paradigm Object based and Event driven programming Event driven released Start date and age 1991 designer developer Microsoft latest release version 6.0 latest release date Start date and age 1998 typing Type system Static typing Static , Strongly typed programming language strong implementations Microsoft Visual Studio dialects influenced by BASIC influenced Visual Basic .NET , Gambas , REALbasic and Basic4ppc current version operating system Microsoft Windows and MS DOS license website URL http msdn.microsoft.com vbasic Visual Basic VB is a third generation programming language third generation event driven programming event driven programming language and integrated development environment IDE from Microsoft for its Component Object Model COM programming model first released in 1991. Visual Basic is designed to be relatively easy to learn and use. ref Cite book title A tester s guide to .NET programming publisher Apress year 2006 first1 Randal last1 Root first2 Mary last2 Romero Sweeney isbn 9781590596005 page 3 quote You can choose a language based on how easy it is to learn. For beginners, Visual Basic is a good choice. snip A big advantage of Visual Basic is that it is a popular language because it is easy to learn. ref ref Cite book title An executive s guide to information technology publisher Cambridge University Press year 2007 isbn 9780521853361 first1 Robert T. last1 Plant first2 Stephen last2 Murrell page 343 quote Summary of positive issues Visual Basic is easy to learn and widely ... more details
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