Today is the official launch day of the new version of Visual Basic: This page links to the relevant information (how to get it, what's new, etc…)http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/You can also download the FREE Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition from here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ Happy coding, Luca Dellamo...
We just released the VB Snippet Editor RTM RC!This release includes lots of new great features:- Code Snippet treeview; lets you browse through your registered snippet directories - 'Save as .vsi' option; lets you save your snippet as a .vsi package - Code colorizers; the language keywords are colorized like inside the VB editor - Improved man...
We’ve posted a new video on Channel9 about Code Snippets in VS2005. Click here to check out the 38min show. Here are some of the exciting topics that you can look forward to hearing about: · What code snippets are and why they were created in VB 2005.· How t...
Some videos on VB futures have been posted on Channel9 at: · Paul Vick and Amanda Silver - VB Language Futures: https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=116700 · Paul Vick and Erik Meijer - Dynamic Programming in Visual Basic https:...
We've gotten asked a few times what the VB 9.0 preview bits available here work on. It works on the RC candidate that's available on the PDC CD & for download on MSDN. Enjoy! - Amanda
Waiting for my ridiculously priced latte this morning (I am a Seattleite, after all) made me miss the intro to Eric’s keynote session. As I was walking toward exhibit Hall A, I noticed people conspicuously looking at me. I thought it was because I had a big LINQ button around my neck-- with everyone so excited about the technology they all w...
The first preview of the next version of Visual Basic goes live this morning! I’m sitting in Bill and Jim’s keynote right now, waiting for our announcement to be made public. The release is part of the .NET Language Integrated Query Framework, code-named “project LINQ”, which allows Visual Basic (and C#) developers to their ...
I'm *really* excited to be at the PDC this year. I've been to a few PDCs in the past and I think that this one is going to be the best, by far. In addition to the great demos, panels, and meet the team events, there will be a lot of buzz and discussion about the future of the language, platform, and tools. For those of you who won't be able to make...
Please check out the new post on my blog, which talks about some of the VB teams plans, content, and highlights at PDC '05 this week. Stay tuned for announcements & updates!--Paul Yuknewiczhttp://blogs.msdn.com/pauly/
(posted by Adam Braden)In case you missed it, there are some sweet new Starterkits available for download. Checkout the info in PaulY's latest post.
