DocumentCode
1518004
Title
Visual Basic and the future of Web-application development
Author
Clark, David
Volume
34
Issue
8
fYear
2001
fDate
8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
18
Abstract
For the past decade, Microsoft´s Visual Basic has been the programming language of choice for Windows-application developers. And recently, Microsoft has made the popular language available for Web-based applications. However, as a growing amount of application development targets the Web, other languages, such as Sun Microsystems´ Java, appear to be challenging VB´s dominance. VB has remained popular despite prior changes to the language. However, there may not have been as many viable alternatives as there are now today, other languages such as Java and C++ have become Web-development tools of choice. Developers may decide to use these languages because they are more mature and because VB.Net will be more complex to learn and use
Keywords
BASIC; Internet; visual languages; C++; Java; Microsoft Visual Basic; VB.Net; Web-based applications; Windows-application developers; programming language; Application software; Assembly; Information analysis; Internet; Java; Large-scale systems; Programming profession; Simple object access protocol; Visual BASIC; XML;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/2.940008
Filename
940008
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