Despite what you may think (or been told), Visual Basic is not Basic anymore (in my opinion!). It is becoming more and more advanced with every release, while still retaining the ease of use. You can write complex programs, in a fraction of the time it would take you in another language. It is still very easy to learn, and unlike programming languages it is not case sensitive, and it uses English, where other programming languages might use symbols. Another advantage over many other languages is that you do not have to compile your code to run it, you can run the code, pause it, make some changes to the code, and then run it again, without ever having to compile it into an exe file.
What is Visual Basic?
- Introduction
- Is Visual Basic really 'Visual'?
- Visual Basic NOT Basic
- ActiveX Controls
- The Catch
Visual Basic NOT Basic
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James Crowley
James first started this website when learning Visual Basic back in 1999 whilst studying his GCSEs. The site grew steadily over the years while being run as a hobby - to a regular monthly audien...
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C++ books
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Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Fourth Edition by the best-selling author, Diane Zak, is designed for a first course in programming. Using the most recent version of the software, Visual Basic 2008, this book teaches individuals how to ...
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Stack Overflow Podcast: Podcast #45 – Keeping it Sharp
Published 7 years ago, running time 0h54m
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