Visual Basic is a high level programming language that was derived from the older DOS version called BASIC. Compared to other programming languages Visual Basic is relatively easy to learn. Visual Basic is a visual and events driven Programming Language. Visual Basic's most popular feature is the ease with which it allows the user to create nice looking, graphical programs without the extensive programming required by so many other programming languages. As you work in the graphical environment, the Visual Basic program itself automatically generates much of the program code.
Visual Basic can and is used in a number of different areas, for example:
