Is Visual Basic primed for a resurgence? Well, no. But there are signs of new life in the VB ecosystem, most recently on the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) side of things. This week saw a couple ...

VBA is the programming language used with Microsoft Excel and other Office applications that allows you to automate almost any task in an Office application.

With the next major update to Office for Mac, Microsoft will again give Mac users access to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripting in Office documents.

Microsoft has introduced new JavaScript-based macroing capabilities to some Office programs, but nothing with the same mix of capabilities and ease of use that Visual Basic for Applications has.

Visual Basic 6 (VB6), introduced in 1998, was a major step forward in programming, particularly for Windows applications. While it has since been succeeded by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA ...