Most programmers compile their VB programs using the default advanced compiler settings. If you know about these settings, you may be able to change them to improve the performance of your compiled ...

Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a new study. Market researcher Evans Data said Tuesday that ...

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Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

For all the visual learners out there... ;o) Today’s post is a gathering of various photos I have taken in recent weeks/months to give you a new look at some of the pieces involved in teaching gifted ...

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With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010. My very first learning experience ...

A surprisingly common, but tricky, mini-task in the area of machine-learning software is generating distinct, random array indices. For example, if you have an array with 10 cells, you may want to ...

Classic Visual Basic refuses to die. There's just something about Dims and Subs that programmers won't let go of. The granddaddy of rapid application development (RAD) tools -- known for its ...

Microsoft this week posted several new downloads for developers working with Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Visual Basic. One of the downloads, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition ...