Visual Basic had control styling and the ability to even create custom components as well. For example, I created a textbox control with built-in validation lo

Visual Basic had control styling and the ability to even create custom components as well. For example, I created a textbox control with built-in validation logic in a matter of minutes and was able to drag/drop the control like any other native control onto forms. I never cared much for VB as a language - but the IDE around it and the ability to very quickly create complex GUI applications was phenomenal.