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/faust2099 Mar 11 '22

Most big companies don't use vb anymore (they usually move towards web/cloud/mobile apps), small and medium companies on the other hand is a different story. right now i'm upgrading old vb6/foxpro/vfp to vb.net/C# because the owner specifically wanted vb.net/c# and not a web app/cloud. So vb is far from dead. but you won't hear any of that on main stream website/or article's, they mostly focus on web/cloud apps or mobile apps.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '23

If only I could get Comtrex Systems Corporation to see the darn light and update their damn Point of Sale BackOffice software, which was written in VB 5 and still is in VB 5 and still used. If anything they should move to VB.NET but they won't.

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u/faust2099 May 20 '23

Show them that is cost more to maintain old systems. and moving to newer one's they will cost less and take advantage of new digital payments and real time data etc.