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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.
Visual Basic (VB) before .NET, sometimes referred to as Classic Visual Basic, [1] [2] is a third-generation programming language, based on BASIC, and an integrated development environment (IDE), from Microsoft for Windows known for supporting rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, event-driven programming and both consumption and development of ...
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
Third-generation BASIC dialects such as Visual Basic, Xojo, Gambas, StarOffice Basic, BlitzMax and PureBasic introduced features to support object-oriented and event-driven programming paradigm. Most built-in procedures and functions are now represented as methods of standard objects rather than operators .
It would be better to think of Visual Basic .NET as a new language inspired by the classic Visual Basic rather than as a continuation of Visual Basic 6.0, with the added difficulty for migrating programmers that VB.NET interfaces with the .NET Framework whereas VB6 was based on the Component Object Model (COM). [citation needed]
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although based on pre-.NET Visual Basic, which is no longer supported or updated by Microsoft (except under Microsoft's "It Just Works" support which is for the full ...
Microsoft Small Basic is a programming language, interpreter and associated IDE. Microsoft 's simplified variant of BASIC , it is designed to help students who have learnt visual programming languages such as Scratch learn text-based programming. [ 8 ]
Basic-256 is a project to learn the basics of computer programming. [1] The project started in 2007 inspired by the article “ Why Johnny can't code ” by David Brin , which also inspired the creation of Microsoft Small Basic . [ 2 ]