Hi So I finally got a working Vista Portion for my Macbook and I can finally enter the windows programing world! Yahooooo! There is only 1 problem- I only know Mac's Cocoa programming language and Apple Script. I have no idea how to program for Windows. I heard Visual Basic is the easiest way to make an .exe, so I was wondering how exactly I use visual basic. And where I can get it... So a few very noobish questions. 1. What the heck is visual basic? 2. Where can I get it? 3. Does it cost money? 4. Is it an application? 5. Anything else I should know? 6. IS IT EASY TO USE? I really am not looking into spending a year learning how to use it. 7. Does it come in Russian?
I am a noob with programming but I might be able to answer some of your questions. 1. It is a programming language used to make, well, programs. 2. Try searching on Google. There are many different versions, so you might want to look up which suits you best. 3. Yes and No. There is an Express version that is free, but you can pay for a Professional version that has a few more features (I think). 4. Yes 5. Just make sure you look up some tutorials to get familiar with it. 6. For me, it wasn't. It took much yelling and screaming at Heya for him just to walk me through a simple program. It will take about a month or so to get used to it I am guessing. 7. No idea. Maybe, but I don't think so.
personally, coming for a VB knowlege, i'd suggest just learner C++ or java instead... a. java is multi-platform, so instead of just pleasing the windows users, you can please the windows, linux, and mac users b. they're more powerful downturn is, that vb is much simpler and eaiser to write... if you pick vb, then at least learn C# muc better the regular vb.net, lol.
If you really want to know, C# is the same as visual basic.net with a touch of C syntax and the ability to use unmanaged memory (which, to my knowledge, should never be needed to make neopets programs unless you want to memory hack like Cheat Engine does). So if you really want to learn something other than VB, go for a better language... My suggestion is to learn Java, which isn't easy, but at least it's not hard as C++ is (because, believe me, it IS difficult).