"Because of the popularity of .NET Core, this version of VBUC means that developers will get access to many more Visual Basic components including Telerik, Grapecity, DevExpress and more," the company ...

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Part of VBx, however, is to be a "hostable managed component" running atop the DLR, writes Vick. That will allow Silverlight to compile VB source code on the fly -- even on browsers running on a Mac.

Visual Studio Code is a free, lightweight but powerful source code editor that runs on your desktop and on the web and is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS.

Right now you can use Visual Basic in Silverlight, but to do so you must compile the application on the desktop first, according to Vick. Part of VBx, however, is to be a "hostable managed component" ...