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 ...

Visual Basic development in Visual Studio 11 offers asynchronous methods, iterators, call hierarchy, the Global keyword and Windows 8 Metro-based applications. One of the primary themes in Windows 8 ...

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Classic Visual Basic refuses to die. There's just something about Dims and Subs that programmers won't let go of. The granddaddy of rapid application development (RAD) tools -- known for its ...

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 ...

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The arrival of the first beta of AppForge for Symbian later this month will allow smart phones to tap into a large body of existing Visual Basic applications. AppForge, the popular Visual Basic ...

Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a new study. Market researcher Evans Data said Tuesday that ...