Microsoft: We won't evolve Visual Basic programming language but we'll open it to .NET 5 Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer March 13, 2020 at 4:42 a.m. PT ...

TIOBE Index has released its list of top programming languages for December 2018 with a surprising finding that Microsoft’s Visual Basic .NET is moving up the ranks.

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 ...

Microsoft's Visual Basic .NET is currently at position 5 of the TIOBE index with an all time high. This is very surprising. Professional software developers don't think much of Visual Basic. It is ...

Visual Basic will largely freeze in place in terms of adding new programming language features, but the code will be compatible with future releases of .NET, Microsoft's flagship programming ...

The software giant unveils Visual Studio for Applications technology aimed at developers who build Web services that can be customized. Microsoft brings programming tools under .Net umbrella - CNET X ...

Visual Studio.Net comprises Microsoft .Net versions of a number of Microsoft programming languages, including Visual Basic, Visual C++ and the new C# (pronounced "C-sharp").

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 ...

IBM has said its new DB2 release, due later this year, will offer tighter integration with Visual Studio .Net than Microsoft's own SQL Server 2000 does ().IBM was among the original VSIP program ...