Visual Basic let programmers build Windows applications by drawing the interface on screen and attaching code to buttons and other controls, a break from the text-heavy programming of the time. It grew from a prototype by Alan Cooper, which Microsoft bought and combined with its BASIC language, and was unveiled at a conference in 1991. Its event-driven style and easy learning curve attracted many amateur and business programmers, and the language became very popular in the 1990s. The last classic version, VB6, appeared in 1998, and support ended years later. Visual Basic .NET, introduced in 2002, was not compatible with it.
Before and after
- 1991Founding of Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 1991Rise of Britpop
- 1991Introduction of Slovenian tolar
- from 1991 to 2000Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- 1991Creation of Classic Visual Basic
- 1991Launch of AllMusic
- 1991Founding of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- 1991Establishment of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- 1991Rise of Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
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The era
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