Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a new study. Market researcher Evans Data said Tuesday ...

A survey of programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language finds that many are considering a move to more modern languages, like Java and C#.

The 3 million programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language make up one of the largest and most cohesive developer communities in existence, but some of them now are up for grabs.

More than 100 of the software giant's most influential developers urge the company to continue support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.

Visual Basic is perhaps Microsoft’s most popular language and is responsible for a whole sector of people who otherwise might not have become developers to actually learn to code.

In its move to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core, Microsoft will support Visual Basic in the upcoming .NET 5 and is expanding the programming language's supported application types to help VB ...

Microsoft is marking this month as the 25th birthday of its Visual Basic language with an eye toward future upgrades. The company is planning a marathon Silver Anniversary Celebration, said ...

RemObjects has debuted the Mercury programming language, described as a modern Visual Basic 'with a future' for all platforms.