Visual Basic (classic)

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/visual-basic--classic-

1. What is the programming language family?
2. What is the primary development platform?
3. How did Visual Basic make programming easier for beginners?
4. When was Visual Basic first released and when did it stop getting new versions?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the programming language family?BASIC-derived, third-generation language
2. What is the primary development platform?Microsoft Windows
3. How did Visual Basic make programming easier for beginners?It had a special IDE where you could drag and drop buttons, text boxes, and other controls onto a screen, then write short code to tell them what to do when you click them.
4. When was Visual Basic first released and when did it stop getting new versions?It first came out in 1991, and the last new version, VB6, was released in 1998. Microsoft stopped adding new features in 2008.

Third-Generation Programming Language: A language with a syntax closer to human language, abstracting away low-level machine details.
Graphical User Interface (GUI): A visual way for users to interact with software using elements like windows, icons, and menus.
Event-Driven Programming: A programming paradigm where the flow of the program is determined by events such as user actions or sensor outputs.
Component Object Model (COM): A binary interface standard for creating reusable software components that can interact across different programming languages and applications.