Visual Programming Languages

Developed at Dartmouth College in 1964, Basic is a high-level computer language created by Thomas E. Kurtz and John G. Kemeny. Basic used English words instead of the numbering codes usually used in programming, the first program to do so. This feature made Basic the standard for computers, and many versions were developed by the 1970s. As personal computers became popular, Basic became the recognized program for all computer systems sold in the United States. Other languages, Pascal and C, have surpassed Basic in academic and programming circles, but Basic has upgraded its features to include object-oriented programming, and plug-ins. The links included herein offer information about Visual programming languages.