The failure stems from differences between single-character strings and true-character instances, and between Visual Basic conversions and C# casts. Whereas the Visual Basic code converts the string ...

While Visual Basic instantiates all local variables when a method first begins, C# instantiates inner-scoped variables (like passFactor) only when that inner scope is accessed by the code. In this ...

C# Dev Kit, a Visual Studio Code extension for “editor first” C# development, has reached general availability, Microsoft announced on October 4.. The extension leverages C# language services ...

Like many developers, I used to think of VS Code primarily as a slick code editor – great for writing, debugging, and managing projects. It’s a fantastic tool, no doubt, but my perspective shifted ...

Take advantage of the new relational and logical patterns in C# 9.0 to make your code more readable, maintainable, and efficient. Pattern matching is a great feature first introduced in C# 7. You ...

Rocket Software is introducing the Rocket MV BASIC for Visual Studio Code 1.6.0 extension, now available on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code (MVVS) allows BASIC ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces ...