Difference Between VB.
NET and Visual Basic
[Link] stands for Visual Basic. Network Enabled Technologies. Microsoft released the .NET
platform in 2001, that supports Visual Basic .NET which is an upgrade to the last version of VB
programming language. It is a high-level programming language for the Microsoft .NET
Framework. It is also possible to run [Link] on Linux and MAC operating systems.
Visual Basic or VB is a programming language was initially released in 1991. It was the first
programming language that directly supported programmable graphical user interface using
language-supplied objects. From that time until 2002, there were 7 other versions released, each
version having features that increased the power of the language.
Difference Between [Link] and Visual Basic:
Parameters VB .NET Visual Basic
Programming
[Link] is an object-oriented Visual Basic is Event Driven
Language
programming language. programming language.
Paradigm
IntelliSense [Link] supports It does not supports IntelliSense
compatibility IntelliSense compatibility. compatibility.
It is a compiled typed
It is an Interpreter based language
Type language
It supports the concept of It does not support the
Multithreaded multithreaded. multithreaded concept.
Type-safe It is a type-safe language. It is not a type-safe language.
In [Link] , VARIANT and In Visual Basic VARIANT and
CURRENCY variable are CURRENCY, variables are used
Changes in Data removed and a DECIMAL and a DECIMAL variable is not
type variable is introduced. introduced.
Parameter In [Link] parameters are In Visual Basic parameters are
passing passed by a value. passed by reference.
In VB, data is handled using DAO
In [Link], data is handled
protocol, after that RDO, is followed
using [Link]
Data Handling by ADO.
Parameters VB .NET Visual Basic
Visual Basic is an interpreted
In [Link] background language in this each statement is
compilation takes place interpreted at a time to be converted
continuously for every valid into object code, then into source
Background statement. code so there is no background
Compilation compilation.
[Link] uses the Common
Visual Basic uses the common
Runtime Language Runtime
Visual Basic Runtime environment.
Environment environment.
There is no shape control
There is a shape control and line
and line control in [Link]
control in Visual Basic form.
Forms form.
Short Circuit In [Link], Short Circuit In Visual Basic, there is no concept
Logic Logic is available. of Short Circuit Logic.
In [Link] we can create
different types of applications Visual Basic is not versatile for
such as console applications, creating different types of
web applications, windows applications.
Application applications.
Development
