[Refactoring] Tools for Refactoring VB.NET

I've not been coding any VB.NET for a while now, but when looking into a pretty good sample of how to develop an Outlook style smart client (which is in VB.NET), the walkthrough recommended to use Refactor! for Visual Basic 2005. It's a free plugin from Developer Express inc, in partnership with Microsoft and it supports a bunch of the most common refactorings you need.

The last 2 years I've used c# all of the time for my .NET projects, but VB.NET is pretty neat actually. I don't mind using VB for coding up presentation layer stuff, and keep using C# for the rest. VB can be somewhat faster to use, as you don't need to think of cases, semi colons and stuff, and you got these new namespaces which gives you fast track access to common functionality which is almost like cheating ;)

If the link to the sample app is not working for you, try searching on MSDN for "RSS Reader Outlook look and feel" and you should find it. Also available on the VB Developer Center.