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 ...

Low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform are more than a way for users to build the apps they need when they need them. They’re a way to rapidly building code that’s needed urgently.

REDMOND, Wash. — May 10, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. and Developer Express Inc. today announced the availability of Refactor! for Visual Basic® 2005, a no-cost plug-in that brings refactoring to Microsoft® ...

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 ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 ($799 direct) aims to let ...

Whether you're writing the next hit computer game or creating a simple drawing program, you may need to know where a user's mouse cursor lies on the computer screen. Visual Basic developers have a ...

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 ...

BEA Systems is taking a page out of Microsoft's playbook with its latest Java tools strategy. In a bid to widen its lead in the e-business software market, BEA is courting software developers with a ...

Despite renewed developer hue and cry to do something with "classic" Visual Basic sparked by the recent 25th birthday celebration for the programming language, Microsoft is showing no signs of caving ...