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LINQ to SQL N-Tier Smart Client – Part 1 Building the Middle-Tier

Beth Massi - MicrosoftApril 12, 2008Apr 12, 200804/12/08

In my previous posts on LINQ to SQL I showed how to build LINQ to SQL classes and set up the data binding in your Windows applications. If you missed them:
Related Data Binding and ComboBoxes with LINQ to SQL
Creating Lookup Lists with LINQ to SQL
One-To-Many (Master-Detail) Forms with LINQ to SQL
Simple Validation with LINQ to SQL Classes
These articles focus on the binding and validation and use a connected model;

Resources for Building N-tier Applications

Beth Massi - MicrosoftApril 9, 2008Apr 9, 200804/9/08

I’ve been getting a lot of mails lately from people trying to build n-tier applications with Visual Studio 2008. Luckily, VS now makes it much easier to build these kinds of applications which have pretty much become the “norm” these days.

Visual Studio 2008 Launch – Hands On Labs

Beth Massi - MicrosoftApril 4, 2008Apr 4, 200804/4/08

I was just informed that all the Hands On Labs from the Visual Studio/Windows Server/SQL Server 2008 launch events are available online here.
I took a brief look at the “Visual Basic 9 Language Enhancements” lab and in general it looks good although it completely omits XML Literals and XML properties,

Webcast Tomorrow – Redux – LINQ to XML in Visual Basic

Beth Massi - MicrosoftApril 3, 2008Apr 3, 200804/3/08

If you missed my March 21st webcast on LINQ to XML in VB then you get another chance to join me live tomorrow at 9AM Pacific. These webcasts have been loads of fun for me. Although I prefer speaking in front of live people (I like to see your faces) I think I’m getting used to the webcast as a great teaching medium.

Video Tutorials on ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) Framework

Beth Massi - MicrosoftApril 1, 2008Apr 1, 200804/1/08

Bill Burrows, Visual Basic MVP, has done it again and is creating another series of video tutorials on the ASP.NET MVC Framework. Based on ScottGu’s blog posts, Bill teaches us how to use this pattern of web development using Visual Basic. Check back often,

Webcast Starting! — Migrating from VB6 to .NET

Beth Massi - MicrosoftMarch 28, 2008Mar 28, 200803/28/08

Come join me and Rob Windsor in 30 minutes for a webcast on how to move your VB6 investments to .NET!
Live From RedBethmond: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET
Hope to see you all there. If you can’t make it live,

LINQ to XML Webcast Added to the VBeth Webcast Series

Beth Massi - MicrosoftMarch 21, 2008Mar 21, 200803/21/08

That’s right, I’m doing this one again on April 4th since I got such a great turnout! (Let’s hope the recording works this time… grrrrrr)
Live From RedBethmond: VB9 – Working with XML in Visual Basic4/4/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US &

Webcast Tomorrow! – Working with XML in Visual Basic

Beth Massi - MicrosoftMarch 20, 2008Mar 20, 200803/20/08

I’ll be delivering a webcast tomorrow morning on LINQ to XML in VB. I’ll show lots of cool demos I promice!
Live From RedBethmond: VB9 – Working with XML in Visual Basic3/21/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 MinutesXML permeates every modern application today from XHTML,

New Video Tutorials from the Community

Beth Massi - MicrosoftMarch 18, 2008Mar 18, 200803/18/08

Bill Burrows, Visual Basic MVP has just released a new set of video tutorials on using Excel for business intelligence using the Excel 2007 Data Mining Add-in. Bill has done a lot of tutorials in the past. If you haven’t seen them,

Watch 48 New Visual Basic “How Do I” Videos!

Beth Massi - MicrosoftMarch 18, 2008Mar 18, 200803/18/08

We added 48 How Do I videos (Forms over data, Windows development, Office development and Security) to the Visual Basic developer Center in addition to adding new download formats for 12 others. This includes audio files, and additional videos files to make these videos as accessible as possible.

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