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Visual Basic
 Screenshot of the Visual Basic 6 IDE |
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| Paradigm(s) | Object-based and Event-driven |
|---|---|
| Appeared in | 1991 |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Stable release | 6.0 (1998) |
| Typing discipline | Static, strong |
| Major implementations | Microsoft Visual Studio |
| Influenced by | BASIC |
| Influenced | Visual Basic .NET, Gambas, REALbasic and Basic4ppc |
| OS | Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS |
| Website | msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/ |
Visual Basic (VB) is a third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM programming model first released in 1991. Visual Basic is designed to be relatively easy to learn and use.[1][2] Visual Basic was derived from BASIC and enables the rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, access to databases using Data Access Objects, Remote Data Objects, or ActiveX Data Objects, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. Scripting languages such as VBA and VBScript are syntactically similar to Visual Basic, but perform differently.[3]
A programmer can put together an application using the components provided with Visual Basic itself. Programs written in Visual Basic can also use the Windows API, but doing so requires external function declarations. Though the program has received criticism for its perceived faults,[4] from version 3 Visual Basic was a runaway commercial success,[5] and many companies offered third party controls greatly extending its functionality.
The final release was version 6 in 1998. Microsoft's extended support ended in March 2008 and the designated successor was Visual Basic .NET (now known simply as Visual Basic).
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