Visual Basic, originally released by Microsoft in early 1991, may seem a bit long in the tooth compared to newer languages like Java, PHP, or Apple’s six-month-old Swift. But it still has a ...

Murach's Visual Basic 6's hands-on examples is the only way to learn the programming language.

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.

How to Resume a Project on Visual Basic. Visual Basic is a .NET framework-oriented programming language used to develop Web applications, Windows software and mobile apps.

At the time, Wiltamuth wrote, Microsoft wanted Visual Basic .NET to appeal to Visual Basic 6 developers focused on business- and data-centric applications, while C# targeted Java and C++ developers ...

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 ...

Low-code tools enter the application development life cycle as Power Platform’s fusion bridges enterprise development models.

"The .Net version of Visual Basic is Visual Basic in name only," wrote developer and author Rich Levin in a recent blog entry. "Any organization with an investment in Visual Basic code ...

As Visual Basic morphs into an object-oriented language, programmers face serious retraining and code transition issues. Here's how they're coping.

Instead of presenting facets of Visual Basic code in a fragmented manner, Murach's book presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming in the context of real-world ...