Wiley Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit 978-0-7645-9573-8 Benutzerhandbuch
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Basic Installation
Ever wondered where Basic came from? Much maligned but still the most popular programming
language in the world, the Basic language has enjoyed a colorful past and many evolutions to get
where it is today. In this chapter, you’ll discover the origins of this powerful programming lan-
guage. You’ll install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition along with the supporting applications and
frameworks you’ll need to write programs effectively. And finally, yes, you will indeed write your
first program.
language in the world, the Basic language has enjoyed a colorful past and many evolutions to get
where it is today. In this chapter, you’ll discover the origins of this powerful programming lan-
guage. You’ll install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition along with the supporting applications and
frameworks you’ll need to write programs effectively. And finally, yes, you will indeed write your
first program.
By the time you hit the end of this chapter, you’ll be familiar with how Visual Basic is put together
and be ready to create programming projects that will form the basis for all of your solutions from
here on out.
and be ready to create programming projects that will form the basis for all of your solutions from
here on out.
In this chapter, you learn about the following:
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The history of Visual Basic as a language
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Installing Visual Basic Express and its dependencies
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Creating your first program
Where Did Basic Come From?
If you tell friends or work colleagues who are experienced in programming that you’re going to
learn Visual Basic, there is a good chance that they’ll look at you with a question in their eyes. That
questioning glare is usually an indicator that they’re in what I call the “other half” of the program-
ming world. This is the group of programmers who still believe that Basic is not a real program-
ming language, and should be reserved for people who don’t know how to write a “real” program.
learn Visual Basic, there is a good chance that they’ll look at you with a question in their eyes. That
questioning glare is usually an indicator that they’re in what I call the “other half” of the program-
ming world. This is the group of programmers who still believe that Basic is not a real program-
ming language, and should be reserved for people who don’t know how to write a “real” program.
If this happens to you, just look at them and smile. For while Basic has indeed had a rocky history,
the last couple of versions of Visual Basic rival the best alternatives in development, and with
Visual Basic 2005 Express’s extra features that make it even easier to create full-blown solutions,
not only will your programs be able to achieve the same results as the best professional coder, but
you will also be able to do it in less time — much less time.
the last couple of versions of Visual Basic rival the best alternatives in development, and with
Visual Basic 2005 Express’s extra features that make it even easier to create full-blown solutions,
not only will your programs be able to achieve the same results as the best professional coder, but
you will also be able to do it in less time — much less time.
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