What is Visual Basic?
If you are looking for a first language for developing Windows applications
this is the product for you. Visual Basic is a super-set of BASIC
(Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Visual Basic has greatly
expanded the BASIC language for modern development. You can now create
object-based data driven applications in less time. Visual Basic is easier
to learn for most first-time programmers than other languages but does not
sacrifice power for ease of use.
Visual Basic's integrated development environment (IDE) combines the code
editor, debugger and visual designer into one easy to use system.
Visual Basic's code editor features automatic syntax highlighting and
color-coding. Color-coding helps in finding syntactical errors and aids in
learning the language. Visual Basic's Designer makes creating forms as simple
as drag-and-drop. Visual Basic's debugger aids in finding and fixing errors in
your Visual Basic code.
Visual Basic enables strong Rapid application development (RAD) in the area of
databases. Visual Basic simplifies developing both desktop and client/server
Data-centric applications. With Visual Basic you can work with Access, xBASE,
SQL, ODBC and many other data sources.
Starting with the release of Visual Basic 5.0, Microsoft introduced a
native-code compiler. This silenced many critics of Visual Basic and
established Visual Basic as a serious development tool.
Last but not least, Visual Basic shortens development time through the
creation and use of components. Components enable Visual Basic programmers
to create reusable visual objects that can be dragged and dropped into the visual
designer, significantly cutting development time.
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Visual Basic Training Courses
The following Visual Basic training courses are available from Blue Star Learning...
MS2657 - Programming Microsoft Access 2002
VB1 - Visual Basic Core Concepts
VBDP - Visual Basic Data Access Programming
VBX - Visual Basic ActiveX and COM Programming