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Visual Basic (VB), originally called Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language, implemented on .NET, Mono, and the .NET Framework. Microsoft launched VB.NET in 2002 as the successor to its original Visual Basic language, the last version of which was Visual Basic 6.0.
Microsoft Visual Studio Express was a set of integrated development environments (IDEs) that Microsoft developed and released free of charge. They are function-limited version of the non-free Visual Studio and require mandatory registration. [3] Express editions started with Visual Studio 2005.
As of 2013, the .NET Micro Framework was supported on ARM architecture processors (including ARM7, ARM9, and Cortex-M) and has been supported on Analog Devices Blackfin in the past. The Porting Kit is now available along with the source code as a free download under the Apache License 2.0 at the Microsoft Download Center.
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is based on Classic Visual Basic. Because VB.NET was later rebranded back to Visual Basic, the name is ambiguous: it can refer to either Classic Visual Basic or to the .NET version. Just as BASIC was originally intended to be easy to learn, Microsoft intended the same for VB. [4] [5]
It enables development of cross-platform applications using any .NET language, including C#, F# [10] and VB.NET for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android and WebAssembly. [11] [12] Avalonia supports multiple renderers, including Direct2D and Skia Graphics Engine, [13] allowing it to operate on a broad range of platforms.
The latest incarnation of Microsoft BASIC is Visual Basic .NET, which incorporates some features from C++ and C# and can be used to develop Web forms, Windows forms, console applications and server-based applications. Most .NET code samples are presented in VB.NET as well as C#, and VB.NET continues to be favored by former Visual Basic programmers.
Visual Basic is a name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft. It may refer to: Visual Basic (.NET), the current version of Visual Basic launched in 2002 which runs on .NET; Visual Basic (classic), the original Visual Basic supported from 1991 to 2008; Embedded Visual Basic, the classic version geared toward embedded applications
Visual Basic Express is the most popular download of all the Visual Studio Express downloads. [21] According to a November 2007 survey conducted by Visual Studio Magazine "41 percent said they used C#, 34 percent programmed in VB.NET, while 25 percent responded with 'other.'" [21]