Web Browsing Software Development

[CProgrammer]

How can I develop software like the programs on Mozilla or on SycloSoft?

I'm trying to develop a web browser, basically. Many people said Visual Basic, but I don't know where to download it. If you know where, please post the link.

Thanks in advance.

[Nepomuk]

Well, Mozilla develops in C++ and it's code is open source - you can download it here and just have a look.

Another very simple open source browser is Dillo, which is written in C. Again, you can download the code and have a look - it's far smaller than Mozilla, so you're more lightly to get the hang of it in relatively short time.

There are many more, but I don't know of any that were developed in VB.

Greetings,
Nepomuk

[asedt]

You can download Express versions of Visual basic from:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

Then you can google for: "create browser in visual basic"

You will probably find some solutions for creating simpler browsers (http://www.ehow.com/how_2203276_web-browser-using-vb.html). I did se some sulution based on Internet Explorer(http://www.acky.net/tutorials/vb/wbrowser/), and some Gecko to (same "engine" as in Firefox/Mozilla)

[tlhintoq]

Find this book:
"Build a program now!"
"Microsoft Visual C# 2008 express edition"
ISBN-10: 07-7356-2542-5
US$19.99

Chapter 4: Crating your own web browser in less than five minutes
Chapter 6: Modifying your web browser (making it Windows Presentation Foundation)

Really good getting started book that covers Visual Studio, how to debug, what are events and so on. Also does a nice sample application of a used car tracker that shows creating and working with databases.