You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Last month, Microsoft announced that it would stop adding new language features to Visual Basic, a programming language ...

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...

Microsoft updated its programming languages strategy, confirming that Visual Basic will remain a going concern even though it's still relegated to second-rate status when compared to C# and F#. The ...

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 ...

Tathagata serves as a tech journalist at XDA, where he delves into the intricacies of hardcore computer hardware. Leveraging his past experience in hardware inventory management, he offers a distinct ...

Why it matters: There's a good chance you cut your coding teeth on BASIC if you took a computer class back in the 20th century. The Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code celebrated its 60th ...

Microsoft's latest version of Visual Basic, often called VB.NET, can help you create professional looking desktop applications and websites quickly. That's possible because the .NET framework upon ...