That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started releasing some of its classic operating systems and programs as open ...

SAN FRANCISCO — ArtinSoft this week is launching three consulting programs designed to assist developers with migrating applications to Visual Basic .Net, the latest version of Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

With SoftWIRE 2.0, a graphical programming system from ComputerBoards, novice and expert programmers alike can create sophisticated Visual Basic applications by wiring together ...

Microsoft's .NET platform changes the face of Visual Basic programming. The first major step in the .NET strategy was the release of the new development suite, Visual Studio.NET. The development ...

Visual Basic is a .NET framework-oriented programming language used to develop Web applications, Windows software and mobile apps. Visual Basic is part of Microsoft's development software, Visual ...

There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

Adding a Decimal in Visual Basic. Microsoft's Visual Basic programming language has variable types for three different kinds of numbers: integer, floating-point and decimal.

ArtinSoft’s programs assist with migrating from Visual Basic 6 and previous versions of the language to Visual Basic .Net.