2. What is Visual Basic?
Visual Basic is an event-driven, object-oriented programming language and a programming environment. It offers a
graphical user interface (GUI) for an easy user experience, with menus, text boxes, buttons, checkboxes and other
intuitive elements. It allows users to manipulate GUI elements by dragging and dropping objects to the interface and
then defining their appearance and behavior. The language is a derivative of the Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code (BASIC) programming language.
This programming language is popular among beginners because of its user-friendliness and versatility, as you can use
it to create various types of programs. It's a great option for people who want to expand their knowledge of
programming, coding and software development
3. Here's a list of some common uses for Visual Basic:
Database software
Because it's easy to create user-friendly software through Visual Basic, developers make systems that manage large
databases using the language. Users can build many database functionalities into a project without actually writing
code, allowing for the large-scale storage of business and consumer data. This programming language also helps users
manage databases that individuals have created with different programs.
Using the language's interface, you can create new databases and access other database files in the Visual Basic
environment. The software lets you view details of different databases from the same system.
4. Game development
Visual Basic is less popular for developing code, but users may write gaming code using the language. The platform
offers a set of tools for developing games. Although you may create a game using Visual Basic, the language has some
limitations regarding animation and programming.
Still, many people use Visual Basic to develop games. If you're interested in game development, you might use Visual
Basic to create a prototype of a game.
Web development
Consumers have a strong demand for web applications and services because of the growing popularity of smart mobile
devices and easy internet access. Modern web development widely adopts Visual Basic, which makes this programming
language popular for creating websites. In Visual Basic web development, VB Net is the primary server-side scripting
language for executing commands on the server. VBScript also executes commands in the browser for client-side
scripting.
5. Project
A project is the basic component for creating applications and skills in Visual
Basic,
It is composed of controls complied in applications. It manages your data
connections,
Source code, and references. In VB, the project should be organized and
composed of
Several projects that are interdependent. The hands-on steps here will
provide you access in creating
A new project.
To create an application, you start with a project. There are two strategies you
can use to create a VB
Project.
1. You can use text editor
2. You can use programming environment
6. Object Model Example
Object Forms, controls such as buttons, text
boxes, and list boxes
Properties Tell something about or controls the
behavior of an object, such as names,
color, size, or location
Methods Action associated with object; the
verb of object-oriented programming,
such as close, show, and clear
Events You can write procedures that are
executed when a particular event
occurs after the user takes an action,
such as clicking, scrolling, or pressing
a key
Classes A template or blueprint used to create
a new object and can define each
class according to its properties,
methods, and events
