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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.
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Visual Basic 3.0 was released in the summer of 1993 and came in Standard and Professional versions. VB3 included version 1.1 of the Jet Database Engine that could read and write Jet (or Access) 1.x databases. Visual Basic 4.0 (August 1995) was the first version that could create 32-bit as well as 16-bit Windows programs. It has three editions ...
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
This feature has been available for Visual Basic since .NET 1.1 and was present in early versions of Visual Studio for Visual Basic .NET. However, background compilation is a relatively new concept for Visual C# and is available with service pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition and above.
Like Visual C#, Visual Basic also supports the Visual Studio Class designer, Forms designer, and Data designer among others. Like C#, the VB.NET compiler is also available as a part of .NET Framework, but the language services that let VB.NET projects be developed with Visual Studio, are available as a part of the latter.
The 2005, 2008, and 2010 versions of Visual Studio Express consist of several standalone IDEs, each of which is focused on a single programming language: Visual Basic Express (the Visual Basic .NET language) Visual C++ Express (the Visual C++ language) Visual C# Express (the C# language) Visual J# Express (the ill-fated J# language, 2005 only)
Visual Basic: Application, RAD, education, business, general, (Includes VBA), office automation Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Component-oriented No Visual Basic .NET: Application, RAD, education, web, business, general Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Structured, concurrent No Visual FoxPro: Application Yes Yes No Yes No No Data-centric, logic No Visual Prolog