Visual Basic

[jee7s]

Though I might not agree with all of what Microsoft does, they do bring new meaning to RTFM. One of the better benefits of the Visual Studio system is the help. Basically, if you want to do something, search the help, and more than likely there's already something in the .NET framework ready for you to use.

If you can learn to read the documentation that Microsoft provides and learn to implement what they give you, you should have a pleasant VB experience.

However, VB has limitations...the professional CS types tend to use Java, C++ or C#, which give greater control over the processes.

Java is platform independent, meaning it will run on a Mac, Linux, or Windows computer, provided it has the Java software (VM) from Sun.

C++ allows you to program at low levels, even in assembly (think: controlling the processor step by step).

C# is something of a blend. The syntax is c-style (as opposed to VB-style), but it is like VB with regard to the ease of use.

That should give you a brief picture of what is going on.