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What is VB?

Visual Basic (VB) is a discontinued event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It was one of the most popular languages for rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications on the Microsoft Windows platform. VB is commonly used for creating desktop applications, utilities, and business software. While legacy VB6 is no longer supported, it has been succeeded by Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) which is based on the .NET Framework.

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What other technologies are related to VB?

VB Competitor Technologies

ASP

ASP (Active Server Pages) is a server-side scripting environment, and provided similar functionality to VB.

mentioned alongside VB in 21% (4.3k) of relevant job posts

C#

C# is a modern, object-oriented language developed by Microsoft, and is frequently used as a substitute for VB.NET and VB, offering similar functionality with improved features.

mentioned alongside VB in 2% (20.3k) of relevant job posts

VC++

VC++ (Visual C++) is Microsoft's C++ IDE. While C++ serves a different purpose (often low-level and performance-critical), it can be used to create applications similar to those built with VB and VB.NET.

mentioned alongside VB in 26% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

C

C is a general-purpose programming language that can be used to develop a wide range of applications. While lower-level, it serves as a competitor, since C code can perform similar processes to VB code.

mentioned alongside VB in 2% (8.4k) of relevant job posts

Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language that can be used to develop a wide range of applications, competing with VB and VB.NET.

mentioned alongside VB in 1% (17.1k) of relevant job posts

C++

C++ is a general-purpose programming language that can be used to develop a wide range of applications. While lower-level, it serves as a competitor to VB and VB.NET.

mentioned alongside VB in 1% (9.8k) of relevant job posts

PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language often used for web development, providing similar functionality to classic ASP which is an alternative to VB.

mentioned alongside VB in 2% (7k) of relevant job posts

VB.NET

VB.NET is a more modern version of VB and is a potential upgrade for developers working with VB.

mentioned alongside VB in 3% (2.2k) of relevant job posts

VB Complementary Technologies

.NET

VB.NET is built on the .NET framework, making .NET essential for VB.NET development. The older VB technologies used .NET libraries, even though were not built directly on the .NET framework.

mentioned alongside VB in 3% (11.9k) of relevant job posts

VBA

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is a scripting language used within Microsoft Office applications, related to the original Visual Basic.

mentioned alongside VB in 2% (4.2k) of relevant job posts

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a database management system commonly used with VB applications for data storage and retrieval.

mentioned alongside VB in 1% (8k) of relevant job posts