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May 2014 - Visual Basic Blog

Edit and Continue survey results

May 20, 2014 May 20, 2014 05/20/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Thanks everybody for all the great feedback! We've received hundreds of replies since last week with detailed information and concrete examples for us to review. We are closing the survey today and have started to process the tons of data you have provided. The overwhelming majority of you have told us that Edit and ...

Help make Edit and Continue better!

May 13, 2014 May 13, 2014 05/13/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
UPDATE 2014-05-20: We've received enough responses and the survey is now closed. Thanks everyone! Hey VB developers! Do you get tired of seeing this box (I know I do)? Tell us about it! The Visual Studio team would like your anonymous feedback on improving Edit and Continue (E&C) when developing .NET applications. This survey can take as ...

*New* video series on Windows Store App development using Visual Basic on Microsoft Virtual Academy

May 5, 2014 May 5, 2014 05/5/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Hey VB hackers, Microsoft Virtual Academy recently published a six-part series all about building modern apps for the Windows Store using your favorite language and staring Visual Basic MVP Bill Burrows and yours truly :) Microsoft Virtual Academy is a free service available to anyone to sharpen their skills and learn the latest and greatest ...

QuickVB Goes Open Source!

May 2, 2014 May 2, 2014 05/2/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Yesterday we published a copy of a fun “Roslyn”-powered retro editor for Visual Basic called QuickVB in honor of the 50th birthday of BASIC. We thought this was a neat application to showcase our love of BASIC but since then we’ve realized that it’s also a great example of how to put the power of the .NET Compiler ...

Happy 50th Birthday, BASIC!

May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 05/1/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
UPDATE: QuickVB is now open source! The Visual Basic team joins Dartmouth and developers worldwide whose lives have been touched by this amazing language in wishing Dartmouth BASIC (and indeed the whole BASIC family of languages) a very happy 50th birthday (and many more) today! So many of us here on the Managed Languages team got our start ...