Different versions of Visual Basic

Versions of Visual Basics


.NET editions


1. Visual Basic 2002
Released in 2002. This is the first version released to software developers and many of them have found it to be a completely different languange and not paid much attention to it. This version is also known as VB 7.0.

2. Visual Basic 2003
An improvement of the previous version, particularly to the performance and reliability of the IDE and runtime. Also known as VB7.1.

3. Visual Basic 2005
Released to take advantage of .NET Framework 2.0. Microsoft has also created an Express Edition which is a free development environment edition for novices and learners.
This version is also known as VB8.0.

4. Visual Basic 2008
Released together with .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft has added many new features such as LINQ support, lambda expressions and XML literals. Microsoft too, has created an Express Edition for this version. a.k.a. VB9.0.

5. Visual Basic 2010
Code named "VBx", or sometimes also known as VB10.0, this version has yet to be released. It is expected that this version will offer support for Dynamic Language Runtime and is planned to be part of Silverlight 2.0.


Visual Basic 6.0 and earlier are now officially known as Visual Basic Classic or VB Classic. These versions of Visual Basic are now incompatible with .NET versions.


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