VB.NET was one of my first languages. I also used VBA, especially in Excel. Despite BASIC's intent to be simplistic, I think that C-style syntax is more intui

VB.NET was one of my first languages. I also used VBA, especially in Excel. Despite BASIC's intent to be simplistic, I think that C-style syntax is more intuitive; moving to C# was a great step. Still, VB.NET felt like magic when I first used it, and VBA is still useful in working with MS-Office documents.