Visual Basic .NET

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.NET language high-level programming language object-oriented programming language

Visual Basic .NET is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft for the .NET framework, designed to be easy to learn and tightly integrated with Windows application development.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
VB.NET 2
Visual Basic language specifications 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf .NET language ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ
object-oriented programming language ⓘ
compilesTo Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
designedBy Microsoft ⓘ
designedFor Windows application development ⓘ
ease of use ⓘ
rapid application development ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
family BASIC ⓘ
surface form: BASIC family
firstAppeared 2002 ⓘ
hasFeature automatic garbage collection ⓘ
intellisense support in Visual Studio ⓘ
integratedWith Visual Studio ⓘ
interoperatesWith C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

other .NET languages ⓘ
introducedWith .NET Framework ⓘ
surface form: .NET Framework 1.0
paradigm event-driven programming ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ
platform .NET Core ⓘ
surface form: .NET (5 and later)

.NET Core ⓘ
.NET Framework ⓘ
predecessor Visual Basic ⓘ
runsOn Common Language Runtime ⓘ
standardizedBy ECMA (as part of Common Language Infrastructure) ⓘ
successorTo classic Visual Basic ⓘ
supports ADO.NET ⓘ
ASP.NET ⓘ
LINQ ⓘ
Windows Presentation Foundation ⓘ
surface form: WPF

Windows Forms ⓘ
asynchronous programming (Async/Await) ⓘ
attributes ⓘ
delegates ⓘ
events ⓘ
exception handling ⓘ
generics ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
interfaces ⓘ
overloading ⓘ
syntaxStyle English-like ⓘ
targetPlatform Windows ⓘ
mobile (via .NET) ⓘ
web ⓘ
typingDiscipline partial type inference ⓘ
safe ⓘ
static ⓘ
strong ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LINQ → designedForLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
.NET Core → programmingLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Roslyn compiler → programmingLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Rider → programmingLanguageSupported → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
this entity surface form: VB.NET
Windows Forms → supportedLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
ASP.NET → supportsLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Common Language Runtime → supportsLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Entity Framework → supportsLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
this entity surface form: VB.NET
Enterprise → supportsLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
subject surface form: Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise
Roslyn compiler → supportsLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
.NET Framework → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Visual Studio → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Roslyn compiler → supportsStandard → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
this entity surface form: Visual Basic language specifications
Common Language Specification → usedBy → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
Common Type System → usedBy → Visual Basic .NET ⓘ