Visual Basic


 * This is about VB 1.0-6.0, See Visual Basic .NET for the .NET Framework version.

Visual Basic is a programming language made by Microsoft. It is event-driven. It is an Rapid Application Development environment.

Timeline

 * Visual Basic 1.0 for Windows (1991)
 * Visual Basic 1.0 for MS-DOS (1992). It was not compatible with the Windows version.
 * Visual Basic 2.0 (1992). It was hugely improvised.
 * Visual Basic 3.0 (1993)
 * Visual Basic 4.0 (1995). Included support for 16-bit and 32-bit applications; and it had classes.
 * Visual Basic 6.0 (1998). Last version of the non-.NET Framework versions.

Criticism
Visual Basic has often been critisized for the COBOL-style syntax.