Visual Basic team moves source code Roslyn compiler to GitHub

The development team behind two programming languages ​​has indicated that it will move the source code of the open source Roslyn compiler from Microsoft’s Codeplex website to GitHub. The developers say they want to take advantage of the vibrant development community on GitHub.

The Roslyn compiler is part of Microsoft’s .NET program and is used for compiling Visual Basic and C# code. Until now, Codeplex, Microsoft’s open source platform, was used to develop the compiler. However, the developers have indicated that they will move the Roslyn code to GitHub, a popular software development platform for open source projects.

According to the developers of the Managed Languages ​​Team, all of the open source code from the Roslyn compiler will be moved from Codeplex to GitHub this week. The mechanism for pull requests will also be adjusted and the Microsoft team will also adapt its internal operations to the way GitHub works.

Microsoft’s VB team says they want to make the move to GitHub to take advantage of the vibrant development community on the GitHub platform. The software giant is increasingly using GitHub. The company has placed the source code of several open source projects on the software development platform. It is not yet entirely clear what consequences this trend will have for the future of Codeplex.