A sample customer order application took only 15 minutes to develop. You can also drag a connection to a new window and all fields are placed on the form in a reasonable display. Wizards are one of the strengths of Visual Basic. A package and deployment wizard constructs installation disks sized to your distribution medium, or for posting to the Web. Other wizards help create toolbars, data objects and application windows.
Wizards use an add-in technology so that more wizards can be added easily.
A sophisticated and smooth development tool, Visual Basic is well-suited to developing applications quickly and without extensive training. A thriving third-party market offers a large collection of components that integrate into the Visual Basic development environment. A survivor's guide.