It's odd, but you don't hear a whole lot about VB.net, even though its' all over the place in the corporate world.
All the stuff I've done (ControllerRemap and Engine18) is in VB.net, vs2010. Alas, the source isn't quite where I'd want it to be to make public so I haven't yet.
However, I can make Engine18 (and all the docs for it) available, if you want to try your hand and writing a Mala Plugin in VB.net.