Visual Basic is a hugely popular programming language that is suitable
for students and beginners as well as professional developers. Visual
Basic .NET Standard 2003 is the .Net version, significantly different
from older variants of Basic. It's also intended as an introductory version.
Professional developers should consider Visual Studio .Net 2003 which
includes a more advanced version of Visual Basic as well as other languages.
The full Visual Studio is needed for features such as compiling code into
libraries or targeting the Compact Framework for mobile devices. Even
so, this Standard edition is a capable package which includes all you
need to build applications for both Windows and the Web.
Two things make Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003 easy to learn and use.
One is the language itself, which is designed to be closer to natural
English than others. The other is the array of tools and wizards that
Microsoft provides, including a visual form designer for both Windows
and Web projects. The Web technology, ASP .Net, enables easy creation
of Web pages that query and update databases--a Windows Web server running
.Net is required to do this. The programming environment is slick, with
convenient features such as docking and tabbed windows, project wizards,
auto-completion and pop-up help in the code editor. The .Net version of
Visual Basic benefits from full object-orientation and a rich class library.
It also supports advanced features such as multi-threading.
Whereas Visual Basic 6.0 and earlier versions needed a small runtime
library, this .Net edition requires the .Net Framework, a runtime engine
and class library that manages memory and enforces security. Framework
applications perform well, since they are compiled to native code at runtime,
but there is an overhead in terms of memory usage and the Framework runtime
must be installed. These factors, together with less-than-perfect code
compatibility, have made some Visual Basic developers reluctant to switch.
While that's understandable, the .Net technology is now maturing and this
release is probably the right moment to make the move. It's still important
to note the heavy system requirements, and that .Net applications do not
run on Windows 95
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