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| Paradigm | Structured,imperative,object-oriented anddeclarative |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Microsoft |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| First appeared | 2001 |
| Stable release | 16.9[1]  / 2 March 2024;23 months ago (2 March 2024) |
| Typing discipline | Static,both strong and weak,both safe and unsafe,nominative |
| Platform | CLR |
| OS | ChieflyWindows Also onAndroid,BSD,iOS,Linux,Mac OS X,Solaris andUnix |
| Filename extensions | .vb |
| Website | msdn |
| Majorimplementations | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio,Microsoft Visual Studio Express,SharpDevelop,MonoDevelop,.NET Framework SDK andMono | |
| Dialects | |
| Microsoft Visual Basic | |
| Influenced by | |
| .NET Framework | |
Visual Basic .NET is the second series ofMicrosoft'sVisual Basic series. It is sometimes shortened toVB.NET. It is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and it includes an easy 'drag-and-drop' interface. It can make complete programs forWindows very easily.
It was first released in1992 byMicrosoft. Visual Basic is a simple way to make programs forWindows. It started asProject Ruby by Alan Cooper and then was sold toMicrosoft. The system is built loosely on the originalBASIC programming language released in1963 and it can 'Test' programs in real-time, error checking them in a user-friendly way.
This package is the 'backbone' of Visual Basic .NET. When applications are created, theWindowsInstaller includes the framework with it. It includes all the items needed to run the VB.NET applications that have been made.
Visual Basic was first released inMay1991 forWindows. Many versions have been released since then. These are listed below:
| Name | Operating System | Date Released |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Basic .NET | Windows | 2002 |
| Visual Basic .NET 2003 | Windows | 2003 |
| Visual Basic 2005 | Windows | 2005 |
| Visual Basic 2005 Studio | Windows | 2005 |
| Visual Basic 2008 Studio | Windows | 2008 |
| Visual Basic 2010 Studio | Windows | 2010 |
This is a free version of Visual Basic 2010 released officially fromMicrosoft. It is aimed at encouraging morenewbie programmers to try the series. The program can be downloaded fromMicrosoft's Website.
Visual Basic .NET uses many controls which can be added to the forms or windows in theapplication. Other developers can create controls for applications, not just the ones that Microsoft include.
The following example makes a program window pop up that says "Hello World" and has a button that says "OK" used to close the window:
PublicSubbutton1_Click(ByValsenderAsSystem.Object,ByValeAsSystem.EventArgs)Handlesbutton1.ClickMsgBox("Hello World")EndSub
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