Microsoft notes that Visual Studio regularly adds new features for developers using Visual Basic and either .NET Core or .NET Framework, such as IntelliCode for Visual Basic.

About the Author Joe Kunk is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Basic, three-time president of the Greater Lansing User Group for .NET, and developer for Dart Container Corporation of Mason, Michigan. He's ...

Visual Studio (current version Visual Studio 2022, which is 64-bit) is Microsoft’s premier IDE for Windows and macOS. (However, note that Microsoft is retiring Visual Studio for Mac by August 31 ...

Even though VB.NET hit a new high in the TIOBE Index in 2018, Microsoft early this year declared " We Do Not Plan to Evolve Visual Basic as a Language." Indeed, the latest TIOBE Index shows that ...

On the Visual Studio 2015 UserVoice site used by Microsoft to solicit developer feedback and suggestions, four of the first five "DECLINED" posts have to do with Visual Basic 6 (VB6), the last ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings.

Microsoft is ending support for the Visual Basic 6.0 integrated development environment. Jeff Nuckolls, a Microsoft blogger, in an April 3 post said that the IDE will no longer be supported as of ...

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

REDMOND, Wash. — April 11, 2010 — Kicking off a global launch consisting of more than 150 developer-focused events, Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET ...