Bools can be used in any coding language, it's basically a yes/no true/false 1/0 method.
Visual Basic is mainly used for 'windows applications' I'm not sure how to explain it right, but if you want
to code hacks persay, you would be better off learning C++.
I have a book to learn the basics of C++, I'm working in it at the moment, if you would like me to
I can upload it for you, I think two of us could learn a bit faster/better if we read together? x)