Visual Basic

Visual Basic popularized rapid application development with a GUI for Windows via drag and drop. Its English-like syntax made it accessible to beginners and businesses. It lives on today as VB.NET and in Office macros (VBA).

• Creado por Microsoft
• Año 1991
• Paradigma: Event-driven · compiled/interpreted
• Extensiones: .vb, .bas, .vbs

Para qué se usa

• Windows apps
• Office macros (VBA)
• Business software

A favor

• Very easy to learn
• Rapid development
• English-like

En contra

• Tied to Microsoft
• In decline
• Not modern

Ecosistema

• .NET
• WinForms
• VBA
• Visual Studio

Ejemplo

Module Hola
  Sub Main()
    Console.WriteLine("¡Hola, mundo!")
  End Sub
End Module