#5 Alan Cooper

Cooper is known for his role in the “humanization” of software development and Visual Basic for Microsoft. He was recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic."

In 1988, Alan Cooper created a visual programming language (code-named “Ruby”) that allowed Windows users to build “Finder”-like shells. He called it “a shell construction set." After demonstrating Ruby to Bill Gates, Microsoft purchased it. At the time, Gates commented that the innovation would have a “profound effect” on their entire product line. Microsoft decided not to release the product as a shell for users, but rather to transform it into a professional development tool from their QuickBASIC programming language called Visual Basic, which proved to be that Visual Basic was used widespread business application development for Windows computers.

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