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Pascal (Delphi, Lazarus) and Visual Basic are exact counter examples. They demonstrate how easy and convenient GUI development can be.

I really hope I'm wrong, but if you're talking about VB.NET, then my personal experience with it has been the exact opposite of easy and convenient.

Edit: Okay, good, VB.NET is probably not the Visual Basic you were talking about. Thanks for the history lesson!