History Of Visual Basic Flashcards
was called Dartmouth BASIC
BASIC
Who designed BASIC?
John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz
What does BASIC stand for?
Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Interaction Code
Released in 1991 by Microsoft
Codes are automatically generated using “drag & drop” method
Visual Basic 1.0
Released on November 1992
Increased speed and easier usage environment for programming
Visual Basic 2.0
Released in mid-1993
Two versions: STANDARD, PROFESSIONAL
Considered to be a relatively stable language and many business applications were easily created and used
Visual Basic 3.0
Was released in August 1995 and is capable of creating 16-bit and 32-bit Windows Program
Three versions: STANDARD, PROFESSIONAL & ENTERPRISE
Visual Basic 4.0
Released in Feb 1997
Purely 32-bit
This version provides the ability to compile to native executable code for faster execution (uses .exe)
Visual Basic 5.0
Introduced in 1998
The most powerful and stable Visual Basic that is very much in use
Uses algorithm
Visual Basic 6.0
Released in 2002
This is the first Visual Basic running on the .NET framework
Visual Basic .Net or
Visual Basic 7.0
Released in 2003
2nd VB.Net
VB 7.1
Released in 2005
Designed to be focused as a RAD System
VB 8.0
What does RAD mean?
Rapid Application Development System
Released in Nov 19, 2007
Features LINQ and XML Literals
VB 9.0 or Visual Basic 2008
Layest VB
Become a wholly Object-Oriented Programming Language (OOP)
It is an IDE
Visual Basic 2010
