<Li> "Global" keyword in "namespace" statements </Li> <P> Visual Basic 2015 (code named VB "14.0") has been released with Visual Studio 2015 . Language features include a new "? ." operator to perform inline null checks, and a new string interpolation feature is included to format strings inline . </P> <P> Visual Basic 2017 (code named VB "15.0") has been released with Visual Studio 2017 . Extends support for new Visual Basic 15 language features, and introduces new refactorings that allow organizing source code with one action . </P> <P> The creation of open - source tools for VB.NET development has been slow compared to C#, although the Mono development platform provides an implementation of VB. NET - specific libraries and a VB.NET 8.0 compatible compiler written in VB.NET, as well as standard framework libraries such as Windows Forms GUI library . </P>

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