What visual basic program can I download thats most similar to Visual Basic 6.0?

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition? c ++?, J #?, C#? I can't find Visual Basic 6.0 in regular retail stores (it's over my budget anyway)

What visual basic program can I download thats most similar to Visual Basic 6.0?
The only one you can download would be Visual Basic 2005 Express. But neither it nor the 02 or 03 versions are really similar to VB6. Well, certain basics are the same, but the .Net versions are really quite different than the old standard.





Unless you need VB6 for school or some other compelling reason, you should just forget it because Microsoft is trying pretty hard to forget it themselves. Furthermore, the VB language really suffered in the translation to .Net, IMHO, and you would be much better off learning C# today.





Java is also still very popular and is cross-platform. J# is supposed to appeal to Java programmers, so I wouldn't worry with it. C++, and current versions of VC++, are not similar to VB6--they're for more advanced users with different goals.





There are really no others that are "similar" to VB6. For those who suggest Python or whatever--those are great languages, but VB6 was deicated to GUI apps, and those are scripting languages that have had rudimentary and problematic GUI capabilities shoehorned onto them. They do not meet the OP's request for someting similar to VB6.
Reply:VB is easier to learn, matters if you have the time to learn, IM me for a copy of vb 6





as i will try learning python again
Reply:You can get a free IDE for VisualBasic.NET called C# Develop. It is similar to VisualStudio.NET in that it lets you create VB.NET and C# programs in a similar environment.





Why Visual Basic though? Have you looked at Python?





Python is a relatively easy programming language to learn and it's very powerful. It is not limited to just Windows like VisualBasic is. You can write Python programs for Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, and more.





Python is used by Google, NASA, and many other large organizations. Check it out.
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