With SoftWIRE 2.0, a graphical programming system from ComputerBoards, novice and expert programmers alike can create sophisticated Visual Basic applications by wiring together SoftWIRE components.

ArtinSoft previously has made available its Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic .Net conversion tool. The company’s new programs are called VB .Net Ready, VB .Net Set, and VB .Net Go.

Whats more, among .Net developers, 59 percent use Visual Basic.Net as their only programming language. /zimages/6/28571.gif Novell updates the Mono open-source project. Click here to read more.