This Is My Favorite VB.NET Feature
Even though it is used for many programs, VB.NET is mostly ignored even by its creators. Other languages like C# get much more attention; new features are often exclusive to C# in .NET updates.
But VB.NET persists, and I have found it has some good points—even features that C# does not have. One thing it does, for example is support case-insensitive syntax. So we can use sub in place of Sub for a subroutine.
This is helpful for VB.NET for these reasons:
Some keywords, like
ByRef and ByVal can be difficult to remember how to capitalize.Keywords like
Dim and As are short and may be left lowercase for readability.The language is supposed to use capital letters, but it is easier to type lowercase letters.
It is a good compromise to just leave the syntax case-insensitive. This can also speed up development if you have a capitalization inconsistency but the program still compiles correctly. Case-insensitive syntax is a useful feature for VB.NET.