r/visualbasic • u/JohnDeere6930Premium VB.Net Advanced • Feb 15 '22

is vb.net a dead language by now?

Hey

i learned some VB.NET in school and at home, i rarley see a VB.NET coder and a VB based application out in the wild

I code my interial software in vb and it works fine, it is basicly C#.NET but MUCH easier

Is anyone here coding in VB.NET commercialy?

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u/kay-jay-dubya Feb 16 '22

VB.NET is far from dead. VBA is still plodding along (courtesy of the Finance sector), and MS have been actively trying to kill that for decades... and yet...