Visual Basic 16.0 focuses on supplying more of the features of the Visual Basic Runtime () to. Visual Basic 16.9 enables consumption of init-only properties. The My type and helper types (access to app, computer, files system, network)īit-shift operators, loop variable declaration Language Integrated Query (LINQ), XML literals, local type inference, object initializers, anonymous types, extension methods, local var type inference, lambda expressions, if operator, partial methods, nullable value types

Visual Basic / Visual Studio 2012 Async and await keywords, iterators, caller info attributesĪuto-implemented properties, collection initializers, implicit line continuation, dynamic, generic co/contra variance, global namespace access Visual Basic 15.3 / Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 Visual Basic 15.5 / Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5

Visual Basic 16.0 / Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0 Visual Basic 16.9 / Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 This topic lists key feature names for each version of Visual Basic, with detailed descriptions of the new and enhanced features in the latest versions of the language.

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