Visual Basic documentation Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft. Using Visual Basic makes it fast and easy to create type-safe .NET apps.

Sep 18, 2021 · The Microsoft® Visual Basic® programming language is a high-level programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. Although it is designed to be an approachable …

Apr 17, 2024 · This section of the documentation helps you get started with Visual Basic application development.

Visual Basic 16.0 focuses on supplying more of the features of the Visual Basic Runtime (microsoft.visualbasic.dll) to .NET Core and is the first version of Visual Basic focused on .NET …

Sep 3, 2024 · Explore the code editor in Visual Studio and learn some ways that Visual Studio makes writing, navigating, and understanding Visual Basic code easier.

Nov 7, 2025 · Explore how to work with Visual Studio to edit, debug, and build code, and then publish an app as a Visual Basic developer.

Sep 15, 2021 · Previous versions of Visual Basic recognize two types of modules: class modules (.cls files) and standard modules (.bas files). The current version calls these classes and …

Sep 15, 2021 · If the operands consist of one Boolean expression and one numeric expression, Visual Basic converts the Boolean expression to a numeric value (–1 for True and 0 for False) …

Sep 15, 2021 · Visual Basic provides full support for object-oriented programming including encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Encapsulation means that a group of related …

Sep 15, 2021 · As with any modern programming language, Visual Basic supports many common programming constructs and language elements. This guide describes all the major elements …