1.12. BASIC, Visual Basic, Visual C++, C# and .NET
The BASIC (Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language was developed in the mid-1960s at Dartmouth College as a means of writing simple programs. BASIC’s primary purpose was to familiarize novices with programming techniques.
Microsoft’s Visual Basic language was introduced in the early 1990s to simplify the development of Microsoft Windows applications and is one of the world’s most popular programming languages.
Microsoft’s latest development tools are part of its corporate-wide strategy for integrating the Internet and the web into computer applications. This strategy is implemented in Microsoft’s .NET platform, which provides developers with the capabilities they ...
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