Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language. As Microsoft's .NET team notes, Visual Basic on .NET Core only supported Class ...

In its move to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core, Microsoft will support Visual Basic in the upcoming .NET 5 and is expanding the programming language's supported application types to help VB ...

In the December 2018 index, Visual Basic .Net now ranks fifth, the highest it's ever been since the company started tracking the Microsoft language in 2001. A year ago Visual Basic .Net was ranked ...

Also, in 2021, we noted, "'Modern Visual Basic' Mercury Language Debuts." We have reported on many VB-related initiatives over the years, but interest in the language does seem to have slacked ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces ...

Microsoft’s Visual Basic is slipping in the Tiobe index of language popularity, and the index’s author believes the trend will continue. In this month’s index, Visual Basic .Net is ranked in ...

After these settings have been applied, look for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 using the Windows search function and open its ...

Microsoft has gone back to the drawing board to retool its Visual Basic programming language in response to developer complaints over planned changes. Microsoft has been developing a new version ...

Microsoft's new strategy to end the co-evolution of C# and Visual Basic will make it even less respected by developers Microsoft’s Visual Basic.Net and classic Visual Basic languages scored well ...

Visual Basic is a .NET framework-oriented programming language used to develop Web applications, Windows software and mobile apps. Visual Basic is part of Microsoft's development software, Visual ...

A survey of programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language finds that many are considering a move to more modern languages, like Java and C#. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

Another DECLINED UserVoice post asks Microsoft to "Provide a Visual Basic 6 Community edition - to allow free download of the VB6 programming language." "We have no plans to release a new incarnation ...