What is Visual Basic 6.0? Visual Basic 6.0 is a user-friendly programming language by Microsoft notable for its simplicity and effectiveness in developing Windows applications.

Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language.

Microsoft updated its programming languages strategy, confirming that Visual Basic will remain a going concern even though it's still relegated to second-rate status when compared to C# and F#.