Visual Studio Magazine

What's New in Visual Basic 14? String Interpolation and Multiline Literals

I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Straighten Out Your Strings

The most common type of data to manipulate in most applications is textual data, which developers usually store in strings. String handling has always been a strong point for the Basic family of ...
Ars Technica

[Visual Basic] How can I encrypt or hide strings within the executable?

I'm just learning Visual Basic in college right now, and I've searched the web everywhere, but I can't seem to find an answer for this. Just using code (no .exe compressors), how can I keep string ...
TechRepublic

Read and write text files with Visual Basic .NET

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...
InfoWorld

When to use String vs. StringBuilder in .NET Core

Take advantage of these best practices when working with strings in .NET Core for the optimal performance of your applications. Two popular classes that you will use frequently when working with ...