Chapter 2. Evolution of VB .NET
IN THIS CHAPTER
The evolution of Visual Basic, over time, has led to inconsistencies and redundancy. VB .NET did not evolve out of VB6; it is not VB7. VB .NET exists to clean up the language and promote it to equal footing with other modern languages.
This chapter walks readers through some of the profound changes and productivity enhancements that VB .NET and the new tool, Visual Studio .NET, provide. Developers can expect nearly every aspect of the way they write code today to be altered in some manner. For the most part, these changes are intuitive and logical—you should not have trouble picking up and adapting them.
First, we illustrate ...
Get Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
