While Visual Basic instantiates all local variables when a method first begins, C# instantiates inner-scoped variables (like passFactor) only when that inner scope is accessed by the code. In this ...

These local variables, when defined within a block statement, behave differently between the languages, depending on how they're declared. Consider the identical chunks of C# and Visual Basic code in ...

This book was created to help you master the .Net Framework Version 2.0 using either Visual Basic or C#, and to help you become a Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist by passing the 70-536 ...

Visual Studio Async aims to make asynchronous programming more approachable so code is as easy to write and maintain as with synchronous code Microsoft is fitting its Visual Basic and C# languages ...

Developers using Microsoft’s C# and Visual Basic languages can expect to see more differentiation between them soon. Microsoft also expects to speed the release cycle for C#.

While competitors are coming up with new, "modern" programming languages, Microsoft continues to evolve its tried and true languages such as Visual Basic and C#, with new features -- including ...