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50 Years of Microsoft: the Origins of Visual Basic

Summary by Programmez!
Visual Basic is inextricably linked to the success of Windows 3.x. This development environment revolutionizes how to create applications on Windows with the spirit of "Lego programming". We find the philosophy of HyperCard from Apple, designed by Bill Atkinson, one of the sorcerers of Macintosh (see Special Technosaures 40 years of the Macintosh). Visual Studio is the result of several developments. Its ancestor is to be looked for outside Micr…
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Visual Basic is inextricably linked to the success of Windows 3.x. This development environment revolutionizes how to create applications on Windows with the spirit of "Lego programming". We find the philosophy of HyperCard from Apple, designed by Bill Atkinson, one of the sorcerers of Macintosh (see Special Technosaures 40 years of the Macintosh). Visual Studio is the result of several developments. Its ancestor is to be looked for outside Micr…

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Programmez! broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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