Visual Basic Blog

A group blog from members of the VB team

I'm A VB: Vishal Shukla, Visual Basic MVP

(image) MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=97E0CC61-BECF-4CDE-A994-5BAA1533A258 Blog: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/vishal   ·        How long have you been using VB? 18 years, started with GWBasics   ·        What ...

I'm A VB: Dave Noderer (VB MVP)

(image)   MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=339A9F64-818D-46B8-A984-9DB6D89B4968 Blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/dnoderer/ Business Website: http://www.computerways.com Community Website: http://www.fladotnet.com   ·        How long have you been using VB? I jumped in ...

I'm A VB: Pep Lluís Baño, Visual Basic MVP

(image)     MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=AAF2211D-2C08-4B28-8401-D356C20ECAD7  Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/peplluis/   ·        How long have you been using VB? Since the first version of VB-DOS in 1992 J and earlier Basic Interpreters from 1986/1987 http...

I'm A VB: Antonio Chagoury, Visual Basic MVP

(image)   MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F68AA8DD-FBAB-460C-813B-BB9C990EA4AA Blog: www.cto20.com Website: www.inspectorit.com   ·         How long have you been using VB? My first language was BASIC. I have been using VB in the true development sense since 1997.  ...

Implicit Line Continuation (Kathleen McGrath)

In the second part of my interview with Doug Rothaus, he describes the new implicit line continuation feature in Visual Basic 2010. Learn about the most common scenarios that no longer require the underscore character (_) in the topic, Statements in Visual Basic. See the Video: implicit Line Continuation (image)   --Kathleen ...

Misfit Geek Podcast – Episode #2 "Does VB have a Future?" (Lisa Feigenbaum)

The Misfit Geek, Joe Stagner, asked me this provocative question in a recent episode on his new podcast series: "Does VB have a Future?". Tune in to hear more details on my answer, which of course is YES! :) We talk about plans for increasing the VB.NET content across Microsoft, the great innovations that are happening in VB.NET, idea sharing ...

VB Entity Framework Samples Now Available (Lisa Feigenbaum)

There are a lot of great Entity Framework samples on Code Gallery that you can now find available in Visual Basic .NET. This was recently announced on the ADO.NET team blog. Browse through the list below and start downloading! ADO.NET Entity Framework Query Samples (Download)ADO.NET Entity Framework Query Samples is a small Windows Forms ...