Microsoft introduced the first version of its Visual Basic language in May 1991 at the Spring Comdex trade show in Atlanta. After six generations of the original product, the development platform ...

Version 14 of nearly 24-year-old language features enhancements for catching errors, but it's unlikely to draw new developers Visual Basic, originally released by Microsoft in early 1991, may seem a ...

A friend was recently reviewing some Visual Basic code that I was having an issue with. As we looked at one particular section of code, he said "You could really tighten up this code with a couple ...

Data variables in C# and Visual Basic normally define themselves by the amount and type of data they hold. The string type, with its ability to store 2 billion characters, is often seen gloating about ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

C# is the future for .NET developers, so it's time to limit Visual Basic’s use to on-premises legacy systems In a series of blog posts last week, Microsoft detailed fundamental changes to how it ...