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 ...

In this month’s index, Visual Basic .Net is ranked in 10th place, down from seventh place in the March index but the same position as a year ago.

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.

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which tracks language popularity via its monthly index. Visual Basic is relatively easy to learn, offers easy integration with Access databases, and is used in development of GUIs, he said.

Microsoft's C# programming language has passed Visual Basic .NET on the TIOBE Index -- which measures language popularity -- and is even in the running for being named "Programming Language of the ...