Support for VB.Net

Drew Salem 10 Reputation points
2023-09-18T23:02:49.5666667+00:00

Hello

A post by Microsoft in Feb 23 (7 months ago), stated that Microsoft "remains committed to Visual Basic and continue to invest in maintaining C# interop and Visual Studio features for folks that love Visual Basic." It has been interpreted by the community that VB.Net will not be further evolved but at the time of writing at least, will continue to be supported as per this article.

My question is does anyone know to date if Microsoft plans to discontinue "support" of VB.Net in the future. Not so much enhancements, but security patches etc.

Thanks

Developer technologies | VB

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  1. Olaf Helper 47,621 Reputation points
    2023-09-19T05:02:34.53+00:00

    Microsoft frequently release updates and new features for Visual Basic.N, see What's new for Visual Basic

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  2. Jiachen Li-MSFT 34,241 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2023-09-19T02:36:26.9233333+00:00

    Hi @Drew Salem ,

    Annotated Visual Basic language strategy

    The core libraries of .NET (such as the BCL) will support VB and many of the improvements to the .NET Runtime and libraries will automatically benefit VB.

    This means that when it comes to security, VB.NET always keep it consistent with the .NET runtime updates.

    Best Regards.

    Jiachen Li

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