First off, I would like to appologise if this has already been posted. I am in a hurry so I have no time to search.

Is there somthing similar to Visual Studio 6 for .NET, like Visual Studio.NET?

I am currently programming using vb6, I want to move over to .NET since it has more functions. What I want to know, is the basic syntax of vb6/.NET the same, or at leaste similar? I really do not want to have to un-learn a language and have to re-learn another. Even if it would take my a while to switch languages, do you think I should? I am 13, so I obviously have a long time left to decide, but I want to get started as soon as I can.