What is Visual Basic?

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Like the BASIC programming language, Visual Basic was designed to be easy to learn and use. The language not only allows programmers to create simple GUI applications, but can also develop complex applications. Programming in VB is a combination of visually arranging components or controls on a form, specifying attributes and actions of those components, and writing additional lines of code for more functionality. Since default attributes and actions are defined for the components, a simple program can be created without the programmer having to write many lines of code. Performance problems were experienced by earlier versions, but with faster computers and native code compilation this has become less of an issue. Although programs can be compiled into native code executables from version 5 onwards, they still require the presence of runtime libraries of approximately 1 MB in size. This runtime is included by default in Windows 2000 and later, but for earlier versions of Windows like 95/98/NT it must be distributed together with the executable.

..from wikipedia..

Answer 2

Microsoft Visual Basic is a programming language and is considered RAD(rapid application development) software that is used for creating applications. Visual Basic uses a programming language called NET Frameworks to take one programming language and decompile and recompile into a different language (vb to c#/c++). Some other popular programming languages are C++, HTML, JAVA, SQL, PHP, DELPHI, etc. Programming languages are the most common method of creating computer programs.

VB is a BASIC-based language that allows a programmer to make Windows applications very easily. It is probably the second easiest programming language (in my opinion). BASIC is the easiest. C++ is one of the hardest, but you can do anything with it.

Visual Basic is a computer programming language developed by Microsoft. It was created to be an "English like language" that anyone can learn. Me being a programer in it, I would have to say it is a very easy language to learn. Its not a powerful language and is mainly used for databases, but you can make a few good programs with it.

Visual Basic is a program developed by Microsoft that allows you to make programs and other things in part by dragging stuff to create the layout and in part by programming although even the programming part is aided. At first it was very hard to make any more advanced then a database or simple program with just a few items and math equations but now people are starting to tackle really hard things with about the only area left unpioneered by people being 3-d games which some people have gotten close to (2.5 D) but not quite achieved yet!

Answer 3

Visual Basic 6 is a programming language put out by Microsoft. Put simply it is a tool that allows you to create the programs you use on your computer. It has been superceded by Visual Basic .NET

Answer 4

Microsoft Visual Basic is a program that you can make your own applications in it and you can download Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition at Microsoft.com
A very high-level and easy to use programming language for PC ONLY. It uses the .Net framework and creates programs in Visual Studio 2010.

Answer 5

Visual Basic is a programing language for developing computer applications.

Answer 6

Visual Basic programming is a way to make your own or big company applications using the software Visual Basic.

Answer 7

Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language that you can use to create Windows applications. It can be downloaded for free from:

http://www.microsoft.com/Express/VB/

Answer 8

The purpose was to make programming easier for an average person. "Visual Basic was designed to be easy to learn and use."(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic)