Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language that's developed using Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE, or integrated development environment. Visual Basic also supports other programming paradigms. Using Visual Studio, a Visual Basic programmer can take advantage of the graphical interface to drag-and-drop existing functions to generate code. A programmer can also write code manually in the Visual Basic language, which is derived from Basic.
The advantages of drag-and-drop programming allow Visual Basic to be used for rapid application development, and the simplicity of its syntax and its ability to interact with databases make it a good choice for new programmers. If you are looking to learn Visual Basic and feel like you could use some extra support, you might be thinking about a Visual Basic tutor. Varsity Tutors can set you up with skilled Visual Basic tutoring today.