Does Visual Basic .NET still enable me to build rich desktop applications?
Absolutely. VB .NET provides the most comprehensive, productive environment for building rich Windows-based applications. A new forms package called Windows Forms enables VB developers to build desktop applications in less time, with enhanced power, easy deployment, and improved maintainability. New features in Windows Forms eliminate the need to write complex resize code and make application deployment as easy as copying files into the target directory (no more so-called ‘DLL Hell’). Q8: What other types of applications does Visual Basic .NET 2003 enable me to build? VB developers have access to a much broader range of applications in VB .NET than in previous versions of the VB tool set. By employing the same skills that you use to develop Windows-based applications, you can now build broad-reach, thin-client, Web-based applications and applications that target mobile devices, as well as rich-client applications on devices that support the .NET Compact Framework. In addition, now VB .