Visual Basic

During the 1980s it was traditional for home computers to include a free version of Basic. This was a wise move as it encouraged many people to experiment with programming, first in a hobby sense, then sometimes in a professional capacity.

Visual Basic for Windows first appeared in about 1991, as an update to QuickBasic, which was the compiler version of the Dos QBasic program.

Despite being badly outdated, QBasic is still a reasonable first programming language due to its relative simplicity. QBasic helps to demonstrate programming concepts that are common to many programming languages. There are some examples of QBasic code here. Incidentally, there are surprisingly many webpages on QBasic.

These days VB is now widely used to create application software, especially given its ease of use. Visual tools can be used to put together the interface, allowing the programmer to focus on the programming task itself.

In the 1980s, Basic was a joke when compared to C. Now Basic is compiled and the computers have got a lot faster, making VB fast enough for most types of applications. VB is one of the fastest ways to create Windows applications. VB is also one of the easier languages to start with.

EASYC

You might be interested in learning about my programming language EasyC

VB QUIZ

VB Quiz 1.2 is a program written in VB 6.0, designed to help you become familiar with much of VB as you do the questions.
The full version has nearly 2000 questions.

For more information go to the the VBQuiz page.

FUTURE PROJECTS

Following are a couple of projects yet uncompleted. If you have any other projects you would like seen done Email me

VB MENTOR

This is a utility designed to help novice and intermediate VB programmers write their programs. Mentor analyses source code and checks it for readibility, structure and organization, flexibility and possible errors etc. and makes suggestions.

Although designed for VB, versions for other languages are possible.

Development of this project depends on interest, so if this project may be of some use to you in the future Email me .

SOURCE CONVERTER

This is a utility designed to assist the conversion of source files from one programming language to another. Of course it could not do the job fully, but nonetheless could save a fair bit of programming time.

For example a business may have inhouse software that is written in Basic, C or Pascal for DOS, and may wish to software to be converted to a Windows language.

The utility is customisable, so the user can create their own conversion processes. A log file and comments would document the actual changes.

Development of this project depends on interest, so if this project may be of some use to you in the future Email me .

VB EXAM PAPERS

Here are copies of some old Visual Basic 6 exams from Monash University, Melbourne.
VB Exam 1999.
VB Exam 2000.

VB PROPERTIES

All the properties of the intrinsic controls combined into one table.

VB TIPS

Read or suggest some tips.

VB TUTORING

Tutoring is available in several programing languages, including Visual Basic .

VB SUGGESTED ENCHANCEMENTS

Read or suggest some future enhancements.

VB.NET

This is the sequel to VB 6 will be vb.net which was released in mid 2002. Changes include many simplifications and improvements.

VB LINKS

VBShop - The Visual Basic Shop Tools, tips and articles for VB programmers.
VB Helper Home
Vbhelp.NET - Microsoft
Visual Basic Explorer - A site dedicated to the novice VB programmer
Extreme VB Visual Basic,Downloads,Source Code,Programming Utilities,He...

AUSTRALIAN VB LINKS

Australian Visual Basic Links

Welcome to the Australian Visual Developers Forum Archive. AVDF was a bi-monthly publication featuring programming information on Visual Basic, Delphi and Internet development, published from 1993 until February 1999. Australian Visual Developers Forum

If you have a Visual Basic site and you would like to exchange links, or one of the above links is not working Email me re VB pages