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This is a list of software and programming tools for the Visual Basic .NET programming language, which includes libraries, debuggers, compilers, integrated development environments, numerical libraries, and related projects.

Libraries and frameworks

.NET — cross-platform successor to .NET Framework
.NET Framework — original Microsoft framework for building Windows applications
ADO.NET — data access framework for relational databases
ASP.NET — framework for building web applications and services
Avalonia — cross-platform GUI framework
Blazor — framework for building interactive web UIs
Entity Framework — object–relational mapper
IronPython — implementation of Python for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[1]
IronRuby — implementation of Ruby for the .NET Framework, interoperable with VB.NET^[2]
log4net — logging library for .NET
Measurement Studio — measurement and automation tools extension for Microsoft Visual Studio
Mono — open-source implementation of the .NET Framework allowing .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, F#) to run cross-platform^[3]
MonoGame — game development
Json.NET — popular library for working with JSON data^[4]
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) — building apps that run cross platform from one codebase^[5]
NHibernate — Hibernate object–relational mapping framework for the Microsoft .NET platform
NuGet — package manager
SignalR — library for real-time web functionality
Stride — open-source 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) — a Microsoft platform for building VB.NET apps
Uno Platform — allows WinUI and XAML based code to run on iOS, macOS, Linux, Android, Windows and WebAssembly.
Windows Communication Foundation — framework for building service-oriented applications and interprocess communication^[6]
Windows Forms — GUI class library for Windows-based desktop applications
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) — graphical subsystem for building desktop apps^[7]
Windows Workflow Foundation — framework for building workflow-based applications in VB.NET and other .NET languages^[8]

Integrated development environments

Microsoft Visual Studio^[9]
JetBrains Rider
SharpDevelop – discontinued free and open source IDE^[10]

Online IDEs

GitHub Codespaces
JDoodle
Replit
dotnetfiddle.net — online compiler and IDE for C#, F#, and VB.NET
Visual Basic (VB.NET) Online Compiler – online IDE supporting Visual Basic .NET

Compilers

Roslyn — open-source compiler platform for C# and Visual Basic^[11]
Visual Studio compiler
Mono VB.NET compiler — discontinued open-source Visual Basic .NET compiler ^[12]

AI and machine learning

Accord.NET — framework for scientific computing, computer vision, and machine learning^[13]
AForge.NET — computer vision and artificial intelligence library^[14]
CNTK (Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit) — deep learning framework developed by Microsoft, with .NET bindings.^[15]
ML.NET — open-source and cross-platform machine learning framework^[16]
ONNX Runtime — high-performance scoring engine for machine learning models with .NET API support^[17]

Numerical libraries

Build and automation tools

MSBuild^[18]
NAnt^[19]

Debugging tools

Visual Studio Debugger — debugger included in Visual Studio
WinDbg — Microsoft debugger for Windows applications^[20]
dotTrace — JetBrains performance and memory profiler
dotMemory — JetBrains memory profiler
NProfiler — performance profiler for Visual Basic .NET

Unit testing

NUnit^[21]
Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework (MSTest)^[22]
xUnit.net^[23]

See also

References

↑ "IronLanguages/Ironpython3". GitHub.
↑ "IronLanguages/Ironruby". GitHub.
↑ "Mono/Mono". GitHub.
↑ "JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json". GitHub.
↑ "Dotnet/Maui". GitHub.
↑ "Build software better, together". GitHub.
↑ "Quozd/Awesome-dotnet". GitHub.
↑ "UiPath/CoreWF". GitHub.
↑ "Build software better, together". GitHub.
↑ "Icsharpcode/SharpDevelop". GitHub.
↑ "Dotnet/Roslyn". GitHub.
↑ "Mono/Mono-basic". GitHub.
↑ "Accord.NET". GitHub.
↑ "Andrewkirillov/AForge.NET". GitHub.
↑ "Microsoft/CNTK". GitHub.
↑ "Dotnet/Machinelearning". GitHub.
↑ "ONNX Runtime". GitHub.
↑ "Dotnet/Msbuild". GitHub.
↑ "Nant/Nant". GitHub.
↑ "Build software better, together". GitHub.
↑ "Nunit/Nunit". GitHub.
↑ "Microsoft/Vssdktestfx". GitHub.
↑ "Home | xUnit.net".

External links

Implementations

ADO.NET
- Entity Framework
ASP.NET
- Web Forms
- AJAX
- Core
- Dynamic Data
- MVC
- Razor
Avalonia
ClickOnce
Dynamic Language Runtime
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Managed Extensibility Framework
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft XNA
Parallel Extensions
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- WCF Data Services
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
.NET Remoting

Decompilers	.NET Reflector dotPeek
Obfuscators	Dotfuscator SmartAssembly
CLR Profiler ILAsm .NET Compiler Platform Native Image Generator (NGen) XAMLPad

Organizations

Microsoft development tools

Development
environments

Visual Studio	Code Express Team System Profiler Tools for Applications Tools for Office
Others	Blend Expression Web FxCop GW-BASIC MACRO-80 Macro Assembler MSBuild Pascal QuickBASIC QBasic QuickC Robotics Developer Studio Roslyn SharePoint Designer FrontPage Small Basic WebMatrix Windows App SDK Windows App Studio Windows SDK CLR Profiler ILAsm Native Image Generator WinDiff XAMLPad

Languages

Dynamics AX
BASIC
Visual Basic
- legacy
- VB.NET
- VBA
- VBScript
Bosque
Visual C++
- C++/CX
- C++/CLI
- Managed C++
- C++/WinRT
C#
C/AL
Dafny
Dexterity
F#
F*
Visual FoxPro
Java
- J++
- J#
JavaScript
- TypeScript
- JScript
IronPython
IronRuby
Lean
P
Power Fx
PowerShell
Project Verona
Q#
Small Basic
VPL
XAML

APIs and
frameworks

Native	Windows API Silverlight XNA DirectX Managed DirectX UWP Xbox Development Kit Windows Installer WinUI
.NET	ASP.NET Core AJAX Dynamic Data MVC Razor Web Forms ADO.NET Entity Framework MAUI CardSpace Communication Foundation Identity Foundation LINQ Presentation Foundation Workflow Foundation
Device drivers	WDK WDF KMDF UMDF Windows HLK WDM

Database

SQL Server	Express Compact Management Studio MSDE
SQL services	Analysis Reporting Integration Notification
Other	Visual FoxPro Microsoft Access Access Database Engine Extensible Storage Engine

Source control

Testing and
debugging

Delivery

Microsoft free and open-source software (FOSS)

Overview

Software

Applications	3D Movie Maker Atom Conference XP Family.Show File Manager Open Live Writer Microsoft Comic Chat Microsoft Edit Microsoft PowerToys Terminal Windows Calculator Windows Console Windows Package Manager WorldWide Telescope XML Notepad
Video games	Allegiance Zork
Programming languages	Bosque C# Dafny F# F* GW-BASIC IronPython IronRuby Lean P Power Fx PowerShell Project Verona Q# Small Basic Online TypeScript Visual Basic
Frameworks, development tools	.NET .NET Framework .NET Gadgeteer .NET MAUI .NET Micro Framework AirSim ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET Core ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Razor ASP.NET Web Forms Avalonia Babylon.js BitFunnel Blazor C++/WinRT CCF ChakraCore CLR Profiler Dapr DeepSpeed DiskSpd Dryad Dynamic Language Runtime eBPF on Windows Electron Entity Framework Fluent Design System Fluid Framework Infer.NET LightGBM Managed Extensibility Framework Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout Microsoft C++ Standard Library Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit Microsoft Design Language Microsoft Detours Microsoft Enterprise Library Microsoft SEAL mimalloc Mixed Reality Toolkit ML.NET mod_mono Mono MonoDevelop MSBuild MsQuic Neural Network Intelligence npm NuGet OneFuzz Open Management Infrastructure Open Neural Network Exchange Open Service Mesh Open XML SDK Orleans Playwright ProcDump ProcMon Python Tools for Visual Studio R Tools for Visual Studio RecursiveExtractor Roslyn Sandcastle SignalR StyleCop SVNBridge T2 Temporal Prover Text Template Transformation Toolkit TLA+ Toolbox U-Prove vcpkg Virtual File System for Git Voldemort VoTT Vowpal Wabbit Windows App SDK Windows Communication Foundation Windows Driver Frameworks KMDF UMDF Windows Forms Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Template Library Windows UI Library WinJS WinObjC WiX XDP for Windows XSP xUnit.net Z3 Theorem Prover
Operating systems	MS-DOS (v1.25, v2.0 & v4.0) Barrelfish SONiC Azure Linux
Other	ChronoZoom Extensible Storage Engine FlexWiki FourQ Gollum Project Mu ReactiveX SILK TLAPS TPM 2.0 Reference Implementation Windows Subsystem for Linux

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