Visual Basic (.NET)
Deriving from Microsoft's Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET is an improvement from classic VB, mainly because it is object-oriented. This new computer language was created for Microsoft's .NET framework as a bridge to a more powerful language, C#.
Similarities
Classical Visual Basic was easy, quick, but not too powerful. With Visual Basic .NET it is almost as easy, but much more extensible.
Classic VB example:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
MsgBox ("Hello, World")
End Sub
Look at the VB.NET example:
Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("You pressed the test button")
End Sub
Not much more complicated, but by using the .NET framework, much more powerful.