Microsoft Visual Basic Professional 6.0 with Plus Pack

However in version Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft's has created a very capable platform for building robust and mission critical enterprise level software systems. Not only is Visual Basic relatively easy to learn when compared to C++, Java, Perl, etc, you create serious software with Visual Basic.

What's more, Visual Basic has spawned a *huge* third party market for software components that can greatly reduce the time it takes to build software. How do I know? In 1994 I founded VBxtras, "The #1 Source of Tools for Visual Basic Developer's Worldwide."...

With its ease of learning, its robust architecture, and its tremendous number of available third party components, you can easily see why Visual Basic is one of *the* best choices for building software solutions in the new millennia.


Installs just fine. But does not scale well   December 15, 2000
 5 out of 11 found this review helpful

If nothing else this product loads well. I loaded it on windows 2000 with the minimum effort. I picked all custom choices just to see what was included. When it finished loading all the goodies. There is a lot of boasting on the box and on the screen during loading. There is an online manual that can be loaded. I now have this on my system with visual studio (never heard or this until it was dropped on my desk.)

Because Visual basic is restricted for use on toys, my mission is to convert an application to various environments and systems. They hired some kid for the initial application and all he knew was VB. I usually stay away from such restricted environments so I will need to learn just enough to convert it to "C" and maybe just some sort of SQL. If I can figure out how to break the objects down to an assembly level them VB may be good to keep incase we do have a use for toy environments. Right now it is awfully bulky and hard to fine tune for communications! applications that will require 400+ users.

Anyway so far I am having no problems with the product its self and therefore I have to give it the five stars for ease of installation and not messing up the environment. Then I need to take at least one away for lack of portability.


The best second programming language to learn   July 10, 2000
 49 out of 56 found this review helpful

If you are getting into programming, I would absolutely recommend Visual Basic be the second language you learn. Before this, though, buy the book "SAMS Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours." You will learn a LOT from this book, and you will attain a mastery of the QBASIC programming language. QBASIC is the base of Visual Basic, so VB will come surprisingly easy to you. I'm going to be starting to learn C++ soon, and polish my JavaScript soon after. How old am I? Why, I just turned 14. (I told you this was easy!) With VB6, you will be making professional-looking Windows applications in no time!


An "ok" language   June 17, 2000
 8 out of 14 found this review helpful

Visual Basic 6 is a very easy to learn language. If you have ANY knowledge of programming at all, then you will be able to pick it up in under a week. If you are a beginner, then this is the language for you. I was writing trainers for games with this language in under 10 days, and i'm only 14.