VB (Visual Basic) is a 3rd Generation programming language by Microsoft. It's procedural as well as event-driven. VB is derived from BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). VBScript and VBA are the scripting languages which are similar to VB in their syntax.
Visual Basic offers Rapid Application Development (RAD) of rich Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications to be run on the Windows platform.
Version History :
- Visual Basic 1.0 => May 1991
- Visual Basic 2.0 => November 1992
- Visual Basic 3.0 => 1993
- Visual Basic 4.0 => August 1995
- Visual Basic 5.0 => February 1997
- Visual Basic 6.0 => Mid 1998
VB 6 is the final release in this VisualBasic series. Microsoft ended the support for it in February 2008. With Visual Basic .NET being the successor to VB6.
