A survey of programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language finds that many are considering a move to more modern languages, like Java and C#. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

In my January article "Visual Basic Improvements in Visual Studio 11," I presented the major enhancements to Visual Basic 11 that appear in the Visual Studio 11 Beta. Key improvements include the ...

With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010. My very first learning experience ...

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, brackets ...

Visual Studio has always been a big product with a raft of features that grew with each release. Visual Studio 2015 extends that trend in ways I never expected to see from Microsoft. Cross-platform ...

“Developers are one of the software industry’s most important assets and they constantly have their eyes on the future,” said Eric Rudder, senior vice president of the Developer and Platform ...

Microsoft's release of the latest version of its flagship application development environment was somewhat overshadowed by the simultaneous launch of its Windows Server 2003 platform. But the new IDE ...

"The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers - whether they are novices or seasoned professionals - face complex challenges and ...