Since 1991, Visual Basic has held the hand of new and experienced programmers as they meandered their way through the minefield of Windows application development. That’s why we here at Microsoft are pleased to announce some of the exciting changes included in the upcoming release of Visual Basic 2010. These new features will simplify each [...]

When Microsoft moved Visual Basic from its version-6 roots to the new world of .NET in 2002, it endowed the language with a level of power and flexibility never before seen in a BASIC variant. But that move also brought a competitor on to the scene: C#. This new language-on-the-block is a formidable rival, especially [...]

It’s just after lunchtime and I’m still installing Visual Studio 9.0 Beta 1 (codename “Orcas”). I started around 9:00am this morning by putting Windows XP Pro SP2 on a Microsoft Virtual PC drive. Virtual PC is a cool program, with its computer-in-a-computer abilities. In the real world, it would be like having a double-scoop ice [...]