I started coding as a kid with VB 6, then switched to VB.Net. I don't remember that phase all that well (it was years ago), but I think more mainstream language

I started coding as a kid with VB 6, then switched to VB.Net. I don't remember that phase all that well (it was years ago), but I think more mainstream languages are actually easier. One thing that was great about VB was Visual Studio's great GUI, GUI creator. I have still not seen anything as simple, convenient, and productive for (simple) UI development as Windows Forms in Visual Studio.