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June 2012 - Visual Basic Blog

Install Published Samples with Visual Studio

June 27, 2012 Jun 27, 2012 06/27/12
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
You can use Visual Studio 2012 RC  to download and install samples from the MSDN Code Gallery.  You can download only the samples you need, or you can download one or more Sample Packs, which group several samples that relate to a technology or topic. You'll receive a notification if source code changes are published for any sample ...

More VB Metro Samples available

June 5, 2012 Jun 5, 2012 06/5/12
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
With the recent release of the Windows 8 Release Preview and the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate we also have more of the Metro samples available for VB developers.Although not all the samples are available for VB, there is a good selection of samples showing  you how utilize much of the important functionality now available. &...

Announcing Microsoft “Roslyn” June 2012 CTP

June 5, 2012 Jun 5, 2012 06/5/12
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Hey, fellow VBs,Today, we're excited to announce that the Roslyn June 2012 CTP is now available for download!Since the first public release of Roslyn, we’ve been hard at work implementing new language features, addressing top customer feedback from the October CTP, iterating on our API design and improving performance across our IDE and ...