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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 (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.
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.
.NET fully supports C# and F# (and C++/CLI as of 3.1; only enabled on Windows) and supports Visual Basic .NET (for version 15.5 in .NET Core 5.0.100-preview.4, and some old versions supported in old .NET Core). [35] VB.NET compiles and runs on .NET, but as of .NET Core 3.1, the separate Visual Basic Runtime is not implemented.
As of January 2023, Visual FoxPro holds position 21 on the TIOBE index. [10] In March 2007, Microsoft announced that there would be no VFP 10, [11] thus making VFP9 (released to manufacturing on December 17, 2004) the last commercial VFP release from Microsoft. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 was released on October 16, 2007. [12]
Windows 2.0 is the last version of Windows that ran solely on floppy disks. [ 31 ] The operating environment is shipped with fifteen programs, [ 32 ] and it also introduced the GUI based programs Microsoft Word and Excel , to compete against the then-reigning competitors WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 . [ 27 ]
ASuite is a free open-source application launcher for Windows. From 2.1 Alpha 1, it's fully written in Lazarus/FPC. Beyond Compare is a data comparison utility for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The macOS and Linux versions are compiled using Lazarus/FPC. Cartes du Ciel is a free planetarium program for Linux, macOS and Windows. The software maps ...
Mono booth at OSCON 2009 in San Jose, California. When Microsoft first announced their .NET Framework in June 2000 it was described as "a new platform based on Internet standards", [6] and in December of that year the underlying Common Language Infrastructure was published as an open standard, "ECMA-335", [7] opening up the potential for independent implementations. [8]