Which client-server technology for VB.NET?

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I would like to migrate an old and quite complex WCF client-server application that was written in VB.net with Visual Studio.
WCF is not supported since Framwork 4.8 and will be deprecated soon, that's why I want to replace this part.

The client application and the server application must be winForms.
gRPC does not seem to be able to be hosted by a winForm.
gRPC doesn't seem to be very friendly with VB.net, all the documentation and the integrated tools for the proto files seem to be made for C#.

I would like to rewrite only the communication part between client and server. All the rest of the existing code in VB.net is functional.

Nowadays, if someone wants to write a client-server application in VB.net, which technology should he choose ? and how to do it ?

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Nowadays, if someone wants to write a client-server application in VB.net, which technology should he choose ? and how to do it ?

Posted 11-Apr-23 6:12am

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Updated 11-Apr-23 14:21pm

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[no name] 11-Apr-23 12:21pm

Your "problem" is that there are simply more C# solutions out there than vb.net ones. C# can co-exist with vb.net; but if you plan to convert everything, you have a long and depressing road ahead.

Graeme_Grant 11-Apr-23 12:43pm

If you want someone to write code for you, then there are these services:
* fiverr[^]
* Upwork[^]
* Freelancer[^]
* Guru[^]
* PeoplePerHour[^]
* TaskRabbit[^]
* Karat[^]

Richard Deeming 12-Apr-23 4:34am

WCF is deprecated in .NET 5/6; if you're sticking with .NET Framework, it's still a valid option.

Moving your application from .NET Framework to .NET (Core/5/6/7/...) is not a trivial task.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2023-04-11T14:21:00

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Well, your best choices are gRPC or CoreWCF, for .NET Core. Any code samples for either of these are going to be in C#. You'll have to convert the code to VB.NET yourself. The two languages are not as different as they seem on the surface.

Posted 11-Apr-23 14:21pm

Dave Kreskowiak