Asynchronous programming with async and await has existed in .NET for years. Now Microsoft is delivering a new runtime environment for asynchronous execution.

A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# using Avalonia. This is a fun, toy project with no commercial intent. All rights to the Visual Basic name, icons, and graphics belong ...

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE or code ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

Microsoft last week introduced a preview of the .NET AI Chat Web App template, aiming to streamline AI development within the .NET ecosystem. This template simplifies the creation of AI-powered chat ...

Teaching computer programming can be challenging, especially for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) who exhibit a wide range of learning abilities and behavioral characteristics. This study ...

At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E.

Uno Platform today announced its new Uno Platform Studio with Hot Design, a visual designer for cross-platform .NET apps that offers a modern take on popular WYSIWYG designers of the past, like Visual ...

LINQ is a set of features that extends powerful query capabilities to the language syntax of Visual Basic. LINQ introduces standard, easily-learned patterns for querying and updating data, and the ...

Microsoft has just released the first preview of Visual Studio 2022 v17.12, which supports .NET 9, the latest iteration of Microsoft’s open-source development platform. This is big news for those who ...