What is "Visul Basics"

[Ardemax]

Hi, im probably sounding really dumb here, but what is Visual Basics?

And where can you get it from?

Thanks! [+REP TO ALL ANSWERS]

[DaveTaylor]

Visual Basic (VB) is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM programming model. VB is also considered a relatively easy to learn and use programming language, because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage.[1]
Visual Basic was derived from BASIC and enables the rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, access to databases using Data Access Objects DAO, Remote Data Objects RDO, or ActiveX Data Objects ADO, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. Scripting languages such as VBA and VBScript are syntactically similar to Visual Basic, but perform differently.[2]
A programmer can put together an application using the components provided with Visual Basic itself. Programs written in Visual Basic can also use the Windows API, but doing so requires external function declarations.
The final release was version 6 in 1998. Microsoft's extended support ended in March 2008 and the designated successor was Visual Basic .NET (now known simply as Visual Basic).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic

download: http://www.microsoft.com/Express/

[RyanDOT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic

http://www.microsoft.com/eXPress/download/


Edit: EURGH Got beaten to it!

[Bren]

take the s of basic as my lecuturer says it makes you look like you dont know what ur talking about.

[Wootzeh]

take the s of basic as my lecuturer says it makes you look like you dont know what ur talking about.

he doesn't know what he's talking about

[Ardemax]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic

download: http://www.microsoft.com/Express/

Thankyou +rep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic

http://www.microsoft.com/eXPress/download/


Edit: EURGH Got beaten to it!

Don't worry lol, you still helped. +rep

take the s of basic as my lecuturer says it makes you look like you dont know what ur talking about.

Yeah, I don't! +rep

he doesn't know what he's talking about

you got it! +rep

[Bren]

I know but it was just for a future reference

[Zak]

Visual Basic is a computer programming language

[Agnostic Bear]

Visual Basic is horrible and you should never use it ever.

[scottish]

Visual Basics is your one stop colour shop

http://www.visualbasics.com/

However you downloading/using it for school?