What Is a Visual Basic Environment?
Visual Basic, developed by Microsoft, is an event-driven programming language, or language in which programming flow is determined by events such as user actions and sensor outputs. Visual Basic is also classified as an IDE, or integrated development environment.
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Function
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The Visual Basic IDE is a software application designed to provide tools and utilities to software programmers for software development. The Visual Basic environment is also known as an integrated debugging environment.
Features
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The Visual Basic environment features a source-code editor, an application used to assist programmers in editing computer program codes. The Visual Basic environment also includes a debugger, or tool designed to test and evaluate programs for errors. The Visual Basic environment also includes utilities called build automation tools, which are used to automate, or automatically execute, functions that software programmers must typically perform, such as document creation.
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The Microsoft Visual Basic series was succeeded by Visual Basic .NET, or VB.NET. The Visual Basic environment prior to VB.NET is no longer supported by Microsoft.
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