Visual Basic .NET

Visual Basic (VB), originally called Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft and implemented on .NET, Mono, and the .NET Framework. Microsoft launched VB.NET in 2002 as the successor to its original Visual Basic language, the last version of which was Visual Basic 6.0. Although the ".NET" portion of the name was dropped in 2005, this article uses "Visual Basic [.NET]" to refer to all Visual Basic languages released since 2002, in order to distinguish between them and the classic Visual Basic. Along with C# and F#, it is one of the three main languages targeting the .NET ecosystem. Microsoft updated its VB language strategy on 6 February 2023, stating that VB is a stable language now and Microsoft will keep maintaining it, but will not add support for new workloads. Wikipedia

Created Year: 2001
Designed by: Microsoft
Developed by: Microsoft
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows • Q94 • Q48493 • Berkeley Software Distribution • Q388 • Solaris • Q11368 • macOS
Aliases: VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic
File extensions: vb

Wikidata: Q50077

Influenced: Microsoft Small Basic

Influenced by: Classic Visual Basic

Programming paradigms: functional programming • generic programming • structured programming • class-based programming • multi-paradigm programming • strict programming • object-oriented programming • reflective programming • event-driven programming • imperative programming

Language types: strict programming language • functional programming language • multi-paradigm programming language • high-level programming language • class-based programming language • event-driven programming language • generic programming language • imperative programming language

Module HelloWorld
    Sub Main()
        MsgBox("Hello World")
    End Sub
End Module