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Visual Basic is a Microsoft programming language used to develop Windows applications. It aims to simplify the process of writing Windows programs by building steps into the programming environment to reduce unnecessary code. The first version was released in 1991 and new versions were released yearly or biennially until Visual Basic.NET in 2002, which integrated the language with the .NET framework and made it more similar to C#. Visual Basic remains one of the easiest languages to learn but some argue it is no longer as simple as earlier versions.

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Assignment On VB

Visual Basic is a Microsoft programming language used to develop Windows applications. It aims to simplify the process of writing Windows programs by building steps into the programming environment to reduce unnecessary code. The first version was released in 1991 and new versions were released yearly or biennially until Visual Basic.NET in 2002, which integrated the language with the .NET framework and made it more similar to C#. Visual Basic remains one of the easiest languages to learn but some argue it is no longer as simple as earlier versions.

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Joshua Erdy A.

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Prof. Emilio F. Aguinaldo

1. What is Visual Basic?


Visual Basic is a Microsoft language, used for writing Windows applications. With Visual Basic, or VB,
a programmer can design applications in a programming environment that looks a lot more like
Windows itself.
The current version is Visual Basic.NET, which is used for .NET applications. There is also Visual
Basic Applications, used for Excel applications.
History
Visual Basic has evolved a lot over its more than 20 year history. As the name suggests, the
programming language has its origins in BASIC, which was used largely as a student language. The
goal of Visual Basic was to simplify the process of writing Windows programs, to build some steps into
the programming environment and make it so that the programmer didn't have to waste time writing
lines of unnecessary code. Visual Basic was built with GUI applications in mind visual indeed.
The first version was released in 1991. For a while, there were new releases every year or two. VB 2
came out in 1992, VB 3 in 1993, 4 in '95, 5 in '97 and 6 in '98. VB 6 reigned for five years until it was
replaced by a significantly different product, Visual Basic.NET 1.0.
The environment necessitated changes. One big change was that there was now a shared library
between VB and other .NET languages. VB became more similar to .NET languages like C#. This
created some controversy in the Visual Basic community. The language has become more flexible, but
some argue that it's not quite as simple or intuitive. It's arguably still one of the easiest languages to
pick up.
For the first time, VB was placed within the reach of hobbyists. Microsoft did something with the
VB.NET programming environment that it hadn't done with earlier releases: It released a free
(Express) version. There are of course multiple versions of Visual Basic to suit different needs.
The VB.NET language is not to be confused with Visual Basic Applications (VBA), although VBA
incorporates elements of Visual Basic. VBA does things like automate reports and database
communications. It can also extend the functionality of other Microsoft Office applications.

2. What are the different parts of the Visual Basic Environment

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