Hello everyone, here is part 6 of my #100DaysOfCode blog series. After re-reading my past articles I have noticed I talk a lot about Visual Basic, but some of you may have never even heard of it. So I thought, why not explain what it is and my experience with it?
Visual Basic is a programming language by Microsoft, and I have found it rather easy to learn. I think for newer programmers, this is a great language to spend time on as not only is it easy, but it’s free! To start, you will need to download a version of visual studio – I have Visual Studio 2019 installed – and if you don’t have a license you can use the community feature and begin coding for free! It is easy to install although you will need a windows device to do so. I have attached a video below that will guide you on how to install it.
I have found that most programmers are moving away from Visual Basic though, which can be a little frustrating. When I’m scrolling through my twitter feed everyone is talking about Java, C# or Python. And whilst all those languages are great, I am struggling to find a community of VB programmers, so if you are one, send me a message I’d love to connect!
Anyway, this week I have been working on declaring elements, and it has definitely had its challenges. I started by studying on the visual basic website and then moving over to youtube videos. The youtube videos really had me stumped at certain sections. Here is the video which I attempted.
Usually, I watch these videos and after a section, I try to code it myself without looking back to it. Most of the time I need a little reminder of what to do next, but with this topic I was constantly looking back and referring to the video. I think it’s important to always understand the algorithm of what you are coding, and for this topic, it took me a long time to do so. I will be coming back to this topic in the coming weeks as I want to make sure I understand it properly and I’m not just copying code! Hopefully by my next article I’ll have nailed it!
You can find my previous article in this series here.
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