Developers can analyze C# projects and find cloned code, which can lead to inconsistencies; capabilities for Visual Basic, .Net, and C++ to come in the next release An open-source technology has ...

The switch to .NET as the foundation for Microsoft’s development strategy made sense for new languages like C#, but it meant changes to Visual Basic wherein code couldn’t easily migrate from ...

Visual Basic will largely freeze in place in terms of adding new programming language features, but the code will be compatible with future releases of .NET, Microsoft's flagship programming ...

I add references to my favorite code libraries, customize forms ... the English language Visual Studio 2010 project templates for Visual Basic Web applications on 64-bit Windows 7 system are found at: ...

Microsoft announced in early 2012 that it would extend support for aging Visual Basic 6 runtimes and code syntax for the entire life cycle of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and the ...

More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.

A Microsoft developer at VSLive, however, said he didn’t think his company would be interested in third-party consulting for migrating to Visual Basic .Net. “Our code is pretty detailed and pr ...

The look and feel of Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft’s next integrated development environment (IDE), will be based on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation and .Net Framework 4.0 ...