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.

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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 ...

Python maintains its runaway top ranking in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, while older languages continue to rise. Perl surprises. Python, the highest-ranking language ever in the ...

Microsoft Excel runs events using Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA, a programming language for writing macros. Events often run in response to direct user input, such as when a user fills a form ...

Conditional compilation is a powerful feature in C# that allows you to include or exclude parts of your code based on certain conditions during compilation. By using preprocessor directives such as ...

F# is a Functional-first language that has gained quite popularity in the developers’ forums, primarily among developers in the .NET ecosystem. Exploring the functional, imperative, and ...

Take advantage of improved identity management in ASP.NET Core to implement identity-based authentication for minimal APIs quickly, easily, and with less code. Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core allow us to ...

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 ...