Kids today probably don't realize, but for its purpose, VB pre dot net 2001 was really really good. Especially compared to the c plus plus alternative available at the time, atl, and so forth. I know the criticisms of basic as a language, technical snobbery, etc.. But for building stuff quickly, it worked. And for an ide, was really snappy and fast. That deteriorated when the VM was introduced, dot net.
You start a project, a form appears. You drop controls on it. You set their properties. You code their event procedures. Press the play button. Compile. Exe. Done. It was a great product in that it abstracted the messy stuff well, and presented a programming environment that was intuitive and powerful.
You start a project, a form appears. You drop controls on it. You set their properties. You code their event procedures. Press the play button. Compile. Exe. Done. It was a great product in that it abstracted the messy stuff well, and presented a programming environment that was intuitive and powerful.