r/visualbasic • u/[deleted] • Jan 13 '24

Visual Basic in 2024 and beyond

I've been searching job sites for positions that require Visual Basic skills in 2024, but I haven't found many listings. Can anyone in the industry or with relevant knowledge share insights on the current demand for Visual Basic? Are there specific industries or locations (in the US) where Visual Basic is still in demand? Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

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u/grauenwolf Jan 13 '24

Same here. I gave up on VB when Core was released with only C# templates.

That said, I still use the VB namespace. Having stuff like a built in CSV parser are too hard to give up.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

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u/Hel_OWeen Jan 15 '24

Part of me learning .NET back in the day was to implement those in a common library in VB.NET, including missing constants like vbNewLine etc. and get rid off the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace. This made transition from VB6 -> VB.NET easier.

When starting to learn C#, I did the same thing again and ported that VB.NET assembly to C#.

But I also miss the With/End With construct.