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Study: Visual Basic use may be slipping
Usage of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a recent study. Read more »
Microsoft walks VB tightrope
Facing protests from legions of Visual Basic developers, Microsoft is not backing down. But it is taking steps to keep them on friendly terms. Read more »
Real Software moves on VB6 developers
Real Software has extended a software product giveaway designed to exploit Microsoft's decision to end free support for Visual Basic 6 (VB6). Read more »
Visual Basic developers revolting
The software company's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. Read more »
Builder's August Top Ten
Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »
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Will .NET kill off all the VB6 developers?
In addition to the confusion created by the many ambiguous dot-net labels, there's one big question that dot-Microsoft has yet to answer: What do we do with the vast army of VB6 developers? Read more »
Ask Chuck: VB.NET and the QueryUnload event
This week Chuck answers a Builder Australia reader's question on the QueryUnload event in VB 6 and how this event is handled in VB.NET. Read more »
Achieve pure .NET development with VB.NET
Are you confused by the choice of C# or VB.NET for .NET development? Most, mistakenly, think C# is the only viable choice. Read more »
System info with VB
Read this article from Builder.com to learn about retrieving drive and system information in Visual Basic. Read more »
VB.NET visual inheritance
VB.NET offers full-blown object-oriented support, including inheritance. Find out how inheritance can ease some of the hassles of form development. Read more »
VB tip: Open the CD-ROM door
When your program makes use of the CD-ROM drive, it can be a nice touch to open and close the door under program control. We'll show you how in this article. Read more »
Reading and writing text files with VB.NET
Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET. Read more »
How I learned to stop worrying and love C#
After arguing for a long time that there's no difference between VB.NET and C#, Builder.com staff writer Lamont Adams is jumping on the C# bandwagon. Read more »
Manipulate instances of Windows forms in C#
This article is the first in a series that's intended to ease the learning curve and help you get started working productively with C#. Read more »
Improve data access in ASP.NET applications
Using the right tool for the right job is the best way to create optimised Web applications. Builder.com writer Tim Landgrave gives these tips to improve data access in ASP.NET applications Read more »
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The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computers
-- Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Flash vs. Silverlight
-- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »
How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
InAccess: Querying .Net
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