Visual Basic is a .NET framework-oriented programming language used to develop Web applications, Windows software and mobile apps. Visual Basic is part of Microsoft's development software, Visual ...

In this space, I typically write about tools that help you build, manage, test or deploy software development projects. The one part of the project I've mostly ignored thus far is perhaps the most ...

But there are signs of new life in the VB ecosystem, most recently on the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) side of things. This week saw a couple of improvements to Rubberduck, a project to upgrade ...

Microsoft with its Roslyn .Net compiler project is getting ready to upgrade its C# and Visual Basic languages. Tough decisions have been made about the feature sets of the two languages, said Mads ...

I’m happy that Visual Basic projects have code metrics along with an incredibly concise syntax, great IntelliSense, and many code snippets. I’m disappointed that Visual Basic projects don’t have code ...

Usually, I use the Serial Monitor of the Arduino IDE to communicate with the Arduino hardware. But now, I want to build an application on my computer that allows me to click some buttons to control ...

Extensibility is a key focus for Microsoft in the planned Visual Studio 10 upgrade to the company’s software development environment, a blog post revealed this week. The software development platform ...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) is the current incarnation of the company’s long line of IDEs. It’s the premier IDE for developing applications with the Microsoft .Net Framework and, at least, a ...