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1 Spirit Academy of Bangued

Corner McKinley, Taft St. Zone 6, Bangued, Abra
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
COMPUTER 10
(Ms. Xenia Mae Flores - Teacher)
Name:______________________________________Section:_________________________
Date Submitted:________________________

Module I. Week 6
Lesson 6: Visual Basic
Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
a. Define visual basic.
b. Explain the history of visual basic.
c. Enumerate and explain the advantages of visual basic.
DAY 1 and 2
LET’S EXPLORE
Below is an AD questionnaire. Write A if you agree and D if you disagree.
___1. Visual Basics is a fourth generation event-driven programming language.
___2. Visual basics 4.0 is the first version that could create 32-bit as well as 16-bit Windows program.
___3. With version 5.0 is released Visual Basic exclusively for 32-bit versions of windows.
___4. One of the advantages of visual basics is that it provides a comprehensive, interactive and context-
sensitive online help system.
___5. COM components cannot be written in different languages.

LET’S EXPLAIN
**Open your book on page 44-47 for full discussion.

Key Points
 Visual Basic (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a third generation event-driven
programming language and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM
programming model.
History of Visual Basic
 Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS - 1992
 Visual Basic 2.0 - 1992
 Visual Basic 3.0 - 1993
 Visual Basic 4.0 - 1995
 Visual Basic 5.0 - 1997
 Visual Basic 6.0 - 1998
Advantages of Visual Basic
 The structure of the Basic programming language is very simple, particularly as to the executable
code.
 VB is not only a language but primarily an integrated, interactive development environment (IDE).
 The VB-IDE has been highly optimized to support rapid application development (RAD). It is
particularly easy to develop GUI and to connect them to handler function provided by the
application.
 The GUI of the VB-IDE provides intuitively appealing views for the management of the program
structure in the large and the various types of entities (classes, modules, procedures, forms, etc.).
 VB provides a comprehensive, interactive and context-sensitive online help system.
 When editing program texts, the “IntelliSense” technology informs you in a little pop-up window
about the types of constructs that may be entered at the current cursor location.
 VB is a component integration language which is attuned to Microsoft Component Object Model
(COM).
 COM components can be written in different languages.
 Interfaces of COM components can be easily called remotely via Distributed COM (DCOM), which
makes it easy to construct distributed applications.
 COM components can be embedded in/linked to your application’s user interface and also in/to
stored documents (Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), Compound Documents).

DAY 3 and 4
LET’S CREATE
Direction: Create a timeline chart containing the history of VB. Put your answer in a separate sheet
of bond paper and attach it properly on your modules. Refer to the rubrics below.\
Indicators 5 4 3 2 1
The events in the flowchart/timeline is systematic.
The design is eye-catching and neat.
The contents in the flowchart/timeline are all facts.
The content is relevant to the topic.
Legend:
5 - Excellent
4 - Very Satisfactory
3 - Satisfactory
2 - Fairly Satisfactory
1 - Poor

LET’S EVALUATE
Direction: Choose 2 advantages of Visual Basic and explain it briefly. Limit your answers in 3-5
sentences only.