'I think we can say that VB.NET finally made it to ASP.NET Core,' Egyptian developer Mohammed Hamdy Ghanem told <i>Visual Studio Magazine</i> about his new open-source project.

Irina Medvinskaya offers an example that shows how VB.NET's String.Compare method can come in handy when you need to compare two string variables.

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET -- here's half a dozen new ways to build wicked-fast code.

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.

Irina Medvinskaya explains why you should usually opt for using the & operator over the + operator to combine strings. She also provides a simple example of how to combine stings in VB.NET.