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VB.Net was released in 2002 as Microsoft's modernization of Visual Basic 6 onto the .NET runtime. It compiles to the same IL as C# and uses the same standard library — the difference is syntax style (English-like vs. C-family).

Module Program
    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, VB.Net!")
    End Sub
End Module

• Module Name ... End Module — a static container for code
• Sub Main() — entry point. Sub (subroutine) returns nothing; Function returns a value
• Statements end with newlines, NOT semicolons. Continuation: _ at end of line
• Everything is case-insensitive — console.writeline works the same
• Comments: ' (single quote) for line
• Strings use "" only (no 'string')

Reading stdin: Console.ReadLine() returns a string. Convert with Integer.Parse(s), Double.Parse(s), or CInt(s).