Posted On: Jul 18, 2022
Porting Assistant for .NET now supports assessment and porting of legacy .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET language. With this release, Porting Assistant will translate VB.NET class libraries, web APIs, and console applications to .NET Core 3.1, .NET 5, or .NET 6 to simplify the modernization of legacy .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET . Developers can use the Porting Assistant for .NET standalone tool or Porting Assistant for .NET Visual Studio IDE extension to modernize their legacy VB.NET applications. Support for VB.NET is added in addition to existing support for assessment and porting of C# based .NET Framework applications.
Porting Assistant for .NET is an open source analysis tool that reduces the manual effort and guesswork involved in porting .NET Framework applications to .NET Core 3.1, .NET 5, or .NET 6, helping customers move to Linux faster. It identifies incompatibilities, generates an assessment report with known replacement suggestions, and assists with porting. By modernizing .NET applications to Linux, customers can take advantage of the improved performance, increased security, reduced cost, and the robust ecosystem of Linux.
Learn more about Porting Assistant for .NET in our documentation here.