New VB.NET Syntax since VS2005
I have not used VB.NET seriously after VS2003. Recently, I had to maintain an old VB.NET application so I had to spend a bit time to find out the VB equivalent of new C# syntax introduced in VS2005 or later:
| Category | C# | VB.NET |
| Generics | List<string> | List(Of String) |
| Object Initializer | new Person() { First=”a”, Last=”b” } | New Person() With {.First = “a”, .Last = “b” } |
| Anonymous Type | var a = new { First=”a”, Last=”b” }; | Dim a= New With {.First = “a”, .Last = “b” } |
| Array or Collection Initializer | int[] a = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}; or int[] a = new int[] {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}; | Dim a() as Integer = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8} or Dim a() as Integer = New Integer() {0, 2, 4, 6, 8} |
| Dictionary Initializer | Dictionary<int, string> d = {{1, "One"}, {2, "Two"}}; | Dim d As Dictionary(Of Integer, String) = {{1, "One"}, {2, "Two"}} |
| Lambda Expression | x => x * x | function(x) x*x |
| Multiline Lambda Expression | (input parameters) => {statements;} | function(input parameters) statements end function |