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Jun 24, 2009
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I'm A VB: Vishal Shukla, Visual Basic MVP

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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 industry do you wo...

Jun 24, 2009
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History of Microsoft Video: Bill Gates Talks about Altair Basic (Lisa Feigenbaum)

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A few months ago, Tina started a great series on Channel9 that walks through the history of Microsoft, year by year: The History of Microsoft In the first episode, Bill Gates talks about what it was like to build Altair Basic. He actually shows the tape that represents the instructions for Basic! Lots of rare footage, and an entertaining show on ...

Jun 24, 2009
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InfoQ Article on the Future of VB.NET (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum

For those of you who prefer text over audio, here's a recent InfoQ article that was released based on the podcast I did with Joe Stagner:InfoQ: Is There a Future for VB.NET?

Jun 22, 2009
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I'm A VB: Dave Noderer (VB MVP)

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  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 with Access 1.0 ...

Jun 22, 2009
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I'm A VB: Pep Lluís Baño, Visual Basic MVP

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    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://msmvps.com/b...

Jun 20, 2009
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TechEd Video: Future Directions for Visual Basic, by Anders Hejlsberg and Jonathan Aneja

Lisa Feigenbaum

As part of the new VB/C# co-evolution strategy, Visual Studio Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg has broadened his role. In addition to being Chief Architect for C#, he now sets the direction for both the VB.NET and C# languages. At TechEd, Anders participated in both the VB.NET and C# language presentations. In watching these sessions, you can see...

Jun 19, 2009
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I'm A VB: Antonio Chagoury, Visual Basic MVP

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  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.   ·  ...

Jun 19, 2009
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Implicit Line Continuation (Kathleen McGrath)

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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   --Kathleen McGrath http://b...

Jun 19, 2009
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Misfit Geek Podcast – Episode #2 "Does VB have a Future?" (Lisa Feigenbaum)

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 that'...

Jun 19, 2009
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VB Entity Framework Samples Now Available (Lisa Feigenbaum)

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 progr...