Visual Basic 2010

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 is an important upgrade and enhancement of the popular Visual
Basic programming language and compiler, a technology that enjoys an installed base of
millions of programmers worldwide . Visual Basic 2010 is not a stand-alone product but
a key component of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010—a comprehensive development system
that allows you to create powerful applications for Windows, the Web, handheld devices,
and a host of other environments . Whether you purchase one of the commercial editions of
Visual Studio 2010 (described later in this Introduction) or you download Visual Basic 2010
Express for a free test-drive of the software, you are in for an exciting experience . The latest
features of Visual Basic will increase your productivity and programming prowess, especially
if you enjoy using and integrating information from databases, entertainment media, Web
pages, and Web sites . In addition, an important benefit of learning Visual Basic and the Visual
Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is that you can use many of the same
tools to write programs for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, Microsoft Visual C# 2010, Microsoft
Visual Web Developer 2010, and other popular products

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