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Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) allows Visual Basic developers to work in the robust development environment, Visual Studio .NET. Visual Studio .NET is an integrated development environment (IDE) with a wysiwyg (What you see is what you get) development platform, a code editor with advanced features, such as Intellisense, that makes it easy to build an application because you don't need to remember each method or property an object supports. Instead, you can scroll through a popup list and choose the member you need. If the member is a method, an argument list will be shown after you select it.

Another benefit to using VB.NET is that it is built on the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework offers application developers and Web application developers an extensive library of controls and components. In addition, all .NET applications are loaded and managed by the Common Language Runtime (CLR). The CLR locates and loads assemblies (.NET applications and dynamic link libraries) and manages garbage collection. Because the CLR handles disposing of object instances automatically, it prevents memory leaks that were common in applications developed outside of the .NET Framework. The CLR also permits side-by-side execution for dynamic link libraries (DLL), putting an end to the DLL Hell that occurred when multiple applications used the same library and one application installed a version of that library that was incompatible with one or more installed applications. The .NET Framework also includes ASP.NET, a server-side development platform for Web applications. Unlike its predecessor, Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET applications are compiled and executed, thus providing better performance and access to more functionality than ASP applications, which relied on server-side script.

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