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PDC Dinner in honor of VB and C# MVPs (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
Last week at the Professional Developers Conference, the VB and C# teams held a special dinner in honor of the VB and C# MVPs in attendance. ("MVP" = Most Valued Professional) It was a great opportunity to connect with folks, talk about the exciting things being announced at the conference, and even hear from Visual Studio General Manager...

I'm a VB! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
This year at the Professional Developers Conference, there was a new trend called PDC badges. To fully understand the buzz, check out the following blog post and Channel9 video by Adam Kinney (badge extraordinaire): http://adamkinney.com/blog/366/default.aspxhttps://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Badges-We-dont-need-...

Experience PDC 2008 whenever and wherever – for FREE! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
That's right... All sessions from last week's Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles have been videotaped and made available for FREE on Channel9.https://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/Check it out and enjoy the conference. :) For photos, see the "PDC2008" tag on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pdc2008&m=tags&s=int...

TL12: Future Directions for Microsoft Visual Basic (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
Didn't make it to the PDC? No problem. You can still check out the *hottest* presentation at the Professional Developers Conference this year, available publicly on demand! Paul Vick (Principal Architect) and Lucian Wischik (VB Specification Lead & Software Engineer) gave an awesome presentation on the Future of VB. The presentation&...

VB 2010 Unveiled at PDC 2008! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

November 2, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 11/2/08
Lisa Feigenbaum
Last week at the Professional Developers Conference, we made a number of very exciting announcements regarding the future of Visual Basic. Here is the list of VB 2010 features we've announced: So many exciting features to look forward to! Stay tuned for more blog posts and videos which illustrate these features in more...