Visual Basic 2010

Visual Basic 2010 is  the latest version of Visual Basic launched by Microsoft in 2010. VB2010 is almost similar to Visual Basic 2008,  but it has added many new features. Like Visual Basic 2008 , Visual Basic 2010 is also a full fledged Object-Oriented Programming(OOP) Language, so it has caught up with other OOP languages such as C++, Java,C# and others.

   

However, you don't have to know OOP to learn VB2010. In fact, if you are  familiar with Visual Basic 6, you can learn VB2010 effortlessly because the syntax and interface are similar. Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition is available free for download from the Microsoft site. Click on this link http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/ to download Vb2010.

Visual Basic 2008

Visual Basic 2008 is one of the latest versions of Visual Basic launched by Microsoft in 2008. The latest version is Visual Basic 2010, launched this year. VB2008 is almost similar to Visual Basic 2005 but it has added many new features. Visual Basic 2008 is a full fledged Object-Oriented Programming(OOP) Language, so it has caught up with other OOP languages such as C++, Java,C# and others. However, you don't have to know OOP to learn VB2008. In fact, if you are  familiar with Visual Basic 6, you can learn VB2008 effortlessly because the syntax and interface are similar. Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition is available free for download from the Microsoft site.

Visual Basic 2005

Visual Basic 2005 is an object-oriented, general purpose programming language. Programmers using the Visual Basic .NET language have the ability to write applications ranging from simple user-friendly front-end interfaces to complex database applications. VB.NET applications can be deployed as stand-alone or web-based applications. This course by VTC author, Arthur Lee, assumes no prior programming background and uses a building block approach beginning with simple programming features and examples while gradually introducing more complex features. Numerous coding examples are provided to enhance the learning experience

Visual Basic and What You Can Do with It

+  What is Visual Basic?

VISUAL BASIC is a high level programming language which  evolved from the earlier DOS version called BASIC. BASIC means Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is a very  easy programming language to learn. The code look a lot  like English Language. Different software companies produced different versions of BASIC, such as Microsoft QBASIC, QUICKBASIC, GWBASIC ,IBM BASICA and so on. However, people prefer to use Microsoft Visual Basic today, as it is a well developed programming language and supporting resources are available everywhere. Now, there are many versions of VB exist in the market, the most popular one and still widely used by many VB programmers is none other than Visual Basic 6. We also have VB.net, VB2005, VB2008 and the latest VB2010. Both Vb2008 and VB2010 are fully object oriented programming (OOP) language.

VISUAL BASIC is a VISUAL and  events driven Programming Language. These are the main divergence from the old BASIC. In BASIC, programming is done in a text-only environment and the program is executed sequentially. In VB, programming is done in a graphical environment. In the old BASIC, you have to write program code for each graphical object you wish to display it on screen, including its position and its color. However, In VB , you just need to drag and drop any graphical object anywhere on the form, and you can change its color any time using the properties windows.

On the other hand, because  the user may click on a certain object randomly, so each object has to be programmed independently to be able to response to those actions (events). Therefore, a VB Program is made up of many subprograms, each has its own program code, and each can be executed independently and at the same time each can be linked together in one way or another.

+  What programs can you create with Visual Basic 6?

With VB 6, you can create any program depending on your objective. For example, if you are a college or university lecturer,  you can create  educational programs to teach business, economics, engineering, computer science, accountancy , financial management, information system and more to make teaching more effective and interesting. If you are in business, you can also create business programs such as inventory management system , point-of-sale system, payroll system, financial program as well as accounting program to help manage your business and increase productivity. For those of you who like games and working as games programmer, you can create those programs as well. Indeed, there is no limit to what program you can create ! There are many such programs in this tutorial, so you must spend more time on the tutorial in order to learn how to create those programs.

+  The Visual Basic 6 Integrated Development Environment

Before you can program in VB 6, you need to install Visual Basic 6 in your computer.