What is Visual Basic used for?

[AAP]

Have an unemployed who wants a referal for a QA position we have open here. He has 3 years of just VB experience. Trying to figure out what VB is used for before I refer him.

 

[naturally anabolic]

programming.

 

[AAP]

Programming what? The job calls for experience similiar like Winrunner, Crystal Reports, FrontLoader, etc...

A match?

 

[naturally anabolic]

last i remeber is crystal reports and vb go well together. I dont see why not....

 

[WODIN]

I use vb a great deal for Database front end managment. It's a great programming tool. Crystal Reports and VB work well together.

He should be able to handle Frontloader and winrunner if he can work in VB.

 

[naturally anabolic]

Wodin you vb stud.

 

[AAP]

I use vb a great deal for Database front end managment. .

Does this mean you have to know a lot about databases? Like Oracle and SQL 2000? If so, then there is another job open for a DBA that I could refer him for.

Not exactly sure what front end management of DB's means.

 

[WODIN]

No you don't have to know a lot about database systems and setups to use VB. It has a wide array of functionality in programming terms. It's no C++, or Java but it can crank.

It's just really good for DB front end development so that has become its main area of use.

 

[WODIN]

bump for aap.

 

[AAP]

Ahhhh ok. So I will not refer him to the DB admin side. I am guessing that you use VB with a lot of GUI interfaces to extract/manipulate data sort of like an advance MS Forms and Reports for Access. From what I can see of Crystal Reports and Winrunner, they look like they are used the same way.

I don't want to refer someone that didn't make the cut.

 

[WODIN]

Yepper. Did you check with him to see if he used it for db systems?

 

[XBiker]

Tell the queen to use this site.

She'll stop posting so many annoying IT ?'s if she uses it...

www.pcwebopaedia.com

Here's the info in ? for the little girl.

http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/TERM/V/Visual_Basic.html