Windows only: If you've never played around with programming before, this weekend is a perfect time to start. Small Basic is a recent offering from Mi ...

Visual Basic 6 (VB6), introduced in 1998, was a major step forward in programming, particularly for Windows applications. While it has since been succeeded by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA ...

It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, BASIC sent a shock wave through teenage tech culture.

But BASIC also flourished in the West, thanks in part to the fact that super-successful microcomputers, which had proved to be a hit in schools, already came equipped with the programming language.

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

In terms of documentation, there's a 62-page Getting Started Guide that aims to introduce the newbie to the world of programming. If you've got Windows XP or Windows Vista, and .NET Framework 3.5 ...