Do any of you use this to create software? I create simple software and usually sell it to clients who request custom work.
Visual Basic
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I've never used it , but I want to learn it eventually
I've used it in the past, but, to be honest, I prefer C++ for creating software.
I have created my own software with Visual Basic. It's worth learning how to program with this language. I have created automation programs for myself . I also took a Visual Basic course at college.
It depends, you didn't specify if you are talking abouth "classic" Visual Basic (until VB6) or if you are including Visual Basic.NET (VBNET)
I used VB6 for creating programs for fun, but these days I prefer using Visual Basic.NET because it has proper object orientation and you can use converters from C# to VB.NET when you need to port some code since C# is so pervasive in the .NET world:
www. developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/
The Mono Project has a VB.NET compiler which allows you to create Windows applications (winforms) from Linux too:
www. mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/visualbasic/
So you are not stuck with Windows for developing Visual Basic programs these days, which is very nice
I used VB6 for creating programs for fun, but these days I prefer using Visual Basic.NET because it has proper object orientation and you can use converters from C# to VB.NET when you need to port some code since C# is so pervasive in the .NET world:
www. developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/
The Mono Project has a VB.NET compiler which allows you to create Windows applications (winforms) from Linux too:
www. mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/visualbasic/
So you are not stuck with Windows for developing Visual Basic programs these days, which is very nice
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I've used it because I took a course in it. It is actually a very simple language but sometimes it can be difficult to understand why it is doing what it's doing, because it's not like C or Java. I wouldn't say I "prefer" it, but I would say that it is quite comfortable to work with and it has a lot of features.
In my opinion though, if you're using .NET, you might as well just use Visual C# because it has the same options, with more features and functionality, and most important of all it is built upon C.
Shortly, Visual Basic is great for simple and fast programming, but can be confusing sometimes, so I would choose C# over it.
In my opinion though, if you're using .NET, you might as well just use Visual C# because it has the same options, with more features and functionality, and most important of all it is built upon C.
Shortly, Visual Basic is great for simple and fast programming, but can be confusing sometimes, so I would choose C# over it.
If I were to program a simple windows desktop application right now, probably my first option would be Visual Basic 6.0, not even .NET. After all these years it continues to be the simplest and most effective way to create quick and dirty windows applications that you just compile to and exe file and see it run on any windows, even Windows 10.
Visual Basic 6 is one of the world's most widely used programming languages. It takes an approach to computer programming called RAD, which emphasizes ease and speed of software development. Other popular programming languages such as C, C++, and Java are not necessarily so easy to create programs with, but they do tend to have other strengths. Many believe that VB6 is an ideal language for users who are new to programming, or users who previously used related languages such as QuickBASIC and wish to move to more advanced programming.
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