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Microsoft Updates its .NET Language Strategy
- Paul Thurrott
- Feb 06, 2023
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Almost three years after it said that it would no longer add new features to…
Microsoft Plots the End of Visual Basic
- Paul Thurrott
- Mar 12, 2020
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Microsoft said this week that it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5.0 but will…
The WinForms Notepad Project: File Efficiency and Save Prompts (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Oct 24, 2019
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The fourth installment of our beginning programming project loads a file more efficiently and prompts…
The WinForms Notepad Project: First Steps (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Oct 17, 2019
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In investigating the history of Windows application programming, I’ve renewed my interest in software development.…
Programming Windows: Visual Basic to the Future (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 10, 2019
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Looking back at Microsoft’s history from a software development perspective, I’m struck by how dedicated…
Programming Windows: Visual Basic Takes Over the World (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 07, 2019
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To understand why Visual Basic was such a sensation, consider again how horrible it was…
Programming Windows: Visual Basic Beginnings (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 06, 2019
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“In many ways, the Windows environment has been very hostile to the developer.” -- Microsoft…