Visual Basic Relevant paradigm and problem domains overview

Advantages of Visual Basic: n Used to create nice looking graphical programs that don’t require a lot of coding. n Allows even users with little programming experience to quickly develop Microsoft Windows applications. n Ideal for developing applications that run in Windows.

Example of Usage: n Develop programs that can be used as an application to a database system and serve as the user interface that collects user input. n It also displays output in a more appealing and useful way than many SQL software versions.

Visual Basic’s Success n Brought simplification to Windows application programming. n Eliminated the need to write code for Graphical User Interface (GUI) input/output.

Fields of usage: n n n n Education Research and Science Medicine Business Commerce Marketing and sales Accounting Law

How Did VB evolve? n 1963 math professors John G Kemeny and Thomas E Kurtz developed BASIC. n BASIC was easy and cheap to implement and rapidly gained popularity, especially in applications programming.

n 1975 Microsoft launched a BASIC compiler for the MITS Altair. n Also in 1975, the first GUIs were demonstrated. n 1980 s Apple introduced 2 machines featuring GUIs: Lisa and Macintosh.

n Father of Visual Basic (referred to as VB for short): Alan Cooper. n 1987 Alan Cooper wrote a program called Ruby that delivered visual programming to the average programmer or user. n The rising popularity of GUIs caused Microsoft to release the first official version of VB in 1991.