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Written by Adi Bach

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

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Although VB.NET is gaining ground fast, VB 6 remains a very popular programming environment. But even if it wasn't as great as it is, if you're new to Visual Basic and you have a copy available, it's still a great place to start learning about programming!

The only real problem with using VB 6 is that you really can't buy a copy today. Microsoft just isn't selling them anymore. There's no reason why you can't continue to use VB 6 for as long as you want to however. Microsoft will support the VB 6 environment even on the very latest Vista operating system scheduled to be introduced in 2007.

One reason VB is so great for learning is that the original BASIC ("Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code") was designed as a language to teach people how to program by Kemeny and Kurtz at Dartmouth College w-a-a-a-y back in 1963.

A lot of very talented programmers think that VB 6 is still the best development environment. You can check out their reasons here and here. Or perhaps you're reluctant to pay the new, enhanced prices that Microsoft is asking for .NET software.

Whatever your reasons, it's clear that VB 6 is going to be around for a good while longer. You can invest in learning how to be an expert programmer using VB 6 and be confident that you're not wasting your time!

Still not sure? Here's what the legendary VB Guru Dan Appleman has to say about the idea that you have to switch to VB.NET immediately:

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