In its move to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core, Microsoft will support Visual Basic in the upcoming .NET 5 and is expanding the programming language's supported application types to help VB ...

From here on, Visual Basic's future is all about stability and helping developers move applications to .NET Core.

Visual Studio.Net comprises Microsoft .Net versions of a number of Microsoft programming languages, including Visual Basic, Visual C++ and the new C# (pronounced "C-sharp").

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming language embedded in Microsoft Office that can be used to automate processes and build functions.