The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.
Currently programming a user interface for a microscopy system using Visual Basics 2010. Controls, communicates and studies the performance of the microscopy system.
I have been using dotnetwinpcap to use WinPcap in my VB.net program. However I find that I cannot decipher the results into something comparable to what Ethereal gives me in its "Packet Bytes" window.