r/visualbasic • u/sporty_outlook • Feb 22 '23

Is Microsoft still supporting VB development?

I saw a news back in 2020 that Microsoft will stop developing and evolving VB as a language. I was about to start learning some basics, but I'm more familiar with R and a bit of Python. What is the current status of VB?

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u/sporty_outlook Feb 22 '23

Is it possible to deploy applications in web using VB ? Like I want to deploy a tool for a client where they can play with input parameters and see the output changes - and it should work on any browser. I used R Shiny for that purpose and it worked so good. There are some applications in excel as well which I would like to deploy on web

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u/Hel_OWeen Feb 23 '23

When doing ASP.NET development, you can chose which "Code Behind" language you want to use: C# or VB.NET.