Out of the box, C# developers have always had more refactoring support (encapsulating fields, for example) than Visual Basic developers. Now Visual Basic 14 developers get parity: select some code, ...

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

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 ...

More than 100 of the software giant's most influential developers urge the company to continue support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.

How to Start a Macro When Opening an Excel Spreadsheet. Excel macros use Visual Basic code to perform functions unavailable through the program's graphical controls. For example, macros can ...

Microsoft Excel offers two ways to link sheets in a workbook: hyperlinks and macros. Hyperlinks use the program's ribbon controls, while macros use Visual Basic code. With both methods, users ...

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