Well I was taught and subsequently also lectured VB at university. At school we used BBC Basic (showing my age now) and even worse COMAL. Is that still around?
VB is an ideal tool for rapid development or teaching GUI building but as I
have found being on both sides of the spectrum it is at times unstable and
encourages bad programming. Also as I have found to my peril it is rarely
cross platform in the sense that things behave differently even on
different versions of Windows! There was talk of a Mac version for a while
did that every materialise?
Anyway I am biased but the company I work for now develops and sells a
cross-platform developer tool (see my sig for the platforms). Also its much
more cost effective for schools typically around $25 per user (min 10). In
addition we expect to launch a free set of tutorials for schools on how to
use just about every aspect of the product.
Anyway kind regards and happy teaching!
Rod
Rod McCall.
Runtime Revolution Ltd