A Microsoft MVP Blog post on Visual Studio Live!'s longevity arrives as the 2026 conference series continues with upcoming stops at Microsoft HQ, San Diego and Orlando.

NET 11 Preview 5 focuses on under-the-hood runtime performance gains, streamlined APIs and language features that reduce boilerplate, plus built‑in security checks and incremental ASP.NET Core and EF ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is on sale for $34.97 (reg. $499.99) through May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026, a full-featured IDE with built-in AI tools and collaboration features, is now price dropped to $34.97 (reg. $499.99) through May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Adding one of the best MIDI keyboards to your arsenal is pretty much a necessity as a music-maker these days, particularly if you're working exclusively in the box. If you're here wanting to pick up ...

I started programming in .NET back in the days of .NET 1.0 beta 1. Transitioning from Visual Basic was a big deal, and there was a lot of excitement around .NET! Things have gone a very long way since ...

This guide outlines the process of interfacing the Meccanoid robot with Microsoft Kinect. The guide can be used, however, simply for interfacing the Kinect with the Arduino, or the Arduino with the ...

The latest offering of Visual Studio contains many features. It has come a long way since it was released. Well, let’s just quickly dive in on how a beginner can get started with VS. So, first of all, ...

Note that GitHub Copilot isn’t optimized for R; the documentation says Copilot works “especially well” for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C#, and C++. However, Copilot does make R code ...

The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here's what that means to developers. In the late 1990s, Microsoft began ...

The modern smartphone is a powerful little tool. But what makes it different from mobile phones of yesteryear is the capability to install third-party apps, letting users truly explore the machine's ...

This book is intended for school students and others learning to program in Visual Basic. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming, electronics, Visual Basic or the Visual Studio environment.