Programming Language
Visual Basic Appeared 2002
Multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft, implemented on the .NET Framework and Mono. It was launched as the successor to the original Visual Basic language for developing Windows applications with a graphical user interface.
Trends languish rank #266 languish — 51 periods, 2012Q2 to 2025Q2 2012Q2 2025Q2
pypl rank #25 pypl — 266 periods, 2004-06 to 2026-07 2004-06 2026-07
Influence graph Influence graph for Visual Basic: 28 influencing languages, 1 family links C++ influenced Ada Eiffel influenced Ada Pascal influenced Ada C influenced AWK sed influenced AWK Fortran influenced BASIC Fortran influenced C Ada influenced C++ APL influenced C++ C influenced C++ F# influenced C++ Haskell influenced Clean Haskell influenced CoffeeScript JavaScript influenced CoffeeScript Perl influenced CoffeeScript Python influenced CoffeeScript Ruby influenced CoffeeScript Ada influenced Eiffel Haskell influenced F# Python influenced F# Standard ML influenced F# Clean influenced Haskell Lisp influenced Haskell R5RS influenced Haskell Raku influenced Haskell Scheme influenced Haskell Standard ML influenced Haskell C++ influenced Java AWK influenced JavaScript C influenced JavaScript Java influenced JavaScript Lisp influenced JavaScript Lua influenced JavaScript MoonScript influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript R5RS influenced JavaScript Scheme influenced JavaScript Self influenced JavaScript AWK influenced Lua C influenced Lua C++ influenced Lua Lisp influenced Lua R5RS influenced Lua Scheme influenced Lua Self influenced Lua C++ influenced MoonScript CoffeeScript influenced MoonScript Lua influenced MoonScript Scheme influenced MoonScript AWK influenced Perl BASIC influenced Perl C influenced Perl C++ influenced Perl Lisp influenced Perl Raku influenced Perl sed influenced Perl Ada influenced Python APL influenced Python C influenced Python C++ influenced Python Haskell influenced Python Lisp influenced Python Perl influenced Python R5RS influenced Python Scheme influenced Python Standard ML influenced Python Lisp influenced R5RS Haskell influenced Raku JavaScript influenced Raku Perl influenced Raku Ruby influenced Raku BASIC influenced Ruby C++ influenced Ruby Eiffel influenced Ruby Lisp influenced Ruby Lua influenced Ruby MoonScript influenced Ruby Perl influenced Ruby Python influenced Ruby R5RS influenced Ruby Scheme influenced Ruby Smalltalk influenced Ruby Lisp influenced Scheme APL influenced Self Pascal influenced Standard ML BASIC influenced Visual Basic Haskell influenced Visual Basic Visual Basic implements BASIC Fortran sed C Pascal Eiffel Lisp AWK BASIC Standard ML Ada APL Perl R5RS Scheme Python F# C++ Self Lua Smalltalk Ruby CoffeeScript Java MoonScript JavaScript Clean Raku Haskell Visual Basic Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Dashed: compiles to / is a dialect of / implements. 