Title :
An evaluation of object-based programming with Visual Basic
Author :
Dukovic, James M. ; Joyce, Daniel T.
Author_Institution :
Shared Med. Syst. Corp., Malvern, PA, USA
Abstract :
Two popular trends in the software industry today are object-oriented programming and programming with Microsoft Visual Basic, which is not considered to be an object-oriented programming language. This paper suggests that a full-featured object-oriented programming language is not needed to take advantage of many object-oriented concepts. To explore this supposition, one of the authors developed an application in Visual Basic using as many object-oriented concepts as possible. This paper describes that project and the observed capabilities and limitations of Visual Basic with respect to object-oriented programming. Included are a set of 22 programming guidelines for object-oriented programming with Visual Basic
Keywords :
BASIC; object-oriented programming; visual languages; Microsoft Visual Basic; object-based programming; object-oriented concepts; programming guidelines; Application software; Computer industry; Computer languages; Graphical user interfaces; Guidelines; History; Object oriented programming; Programming profession; Software packages; Visual BASIC;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1995., Conference Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Fourteenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2492-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1995.472470
