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 ...

The launch of the Foundational C# Cert project by Microsoft provides aspiring developers with a valuable opportunity to enhance their skills and knowledge in C# programming.

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages. In the ...

Developers using Microsoft’s C# and Visual Basic languages can expect to see more differentiation between them soon. Microsoft also expects to speed the release cycle for C#.

Most recently, Microsoft has shifted focus to asynchronous programming. Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg at the PDC10 event in Redmond last year singled out asynchrony as the primary theme ...