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Fun with VB !!!

VBTeamSeptember 6, 2007Sep 6, 200709/6/07

Who says you can't obfuscate VB code? For fun, I tried writing some VB code which was shaped in the letters 'vb' (that's right, the code itself forms the shape of the letters), where the 'v' and the 'b' are formed from the Visual Studio inifinity logo. In case you're having trouble visualizing that, here's a picture. Because I'm forming the ...

Kit George and Chris Smith on Channel9 (Beth Massi)

Beth MassiJuly 29, 2007Jul 29, 200707/29/07

I posted a couple more videos on Channel9 that you'll definitely want to check out! Thanks again to Kathleen for helping with the production.The first one Kit George walks us through some of his favorite VB9 language features that enable LINQ:In this in interview Kit George, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team and a former ...

Sons and Daughters Day: a pure blast!

VBTeamJuly 15, 2007Jul 15, 200707/15/07

On Friday, Chris Smith and I (Chris is a test engineer on the VB Team) attended an event called 'Sons and Daughters' day. The day consisted of 2 sessions (20-25 kids in each) where kids aged 6-13 were run through a class of writing an app in VB (20-25 kids in each). The class was very introductory, but eas very appropriate for the ...

Linq Cookbook, Recipe 6: Your first Linq Application using Northwind (Kit George)

VBTeamJuly 11, 2007Jul 11, 200707/11/07

This example is intended as a ‘primer’ for following recipes (so we don’t repeat the same instructions multiple times). This recipe takes you through everything you need, and assumes only that you've installed Visual Studio (and in so doing, you've installed SQLExpress). Subsequent Northwind based Linq-To-Sql recipes ...

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 5: Concatenating the selected strings from a CheckedListBox (Kit George)

VBTeamJuly 3, 2007Jul 3, 200707/3/07

Ingredients: - Visual Studio 2008 (Beta2 or Higher) Categories: LINQ-To-Objects, LINQ and WinForms Instructions: CheckedListBox1.Items.AddRange( _ New String() {"Apple", "Orange", "Banana", _ "Avocado", "Tomato", "Tamarillo", _ "Kiwifruit", "Cherry...

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 4: Find all complex types in a given assembly (Kit George)

VBTeamJune 27, 2007Jun 27, 200706/27/07

Ingredients: - Visual Studio 2008 (Beta2 or Higher) - An assembly which you want to analyze (in this example, we use mscorlib.dll, the assembly which houses String)- A definition for 'Complex Type'. In this instance, a complex type is ...

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 2: Find all capitalized words in a phrase and sort by length (then alphabetically) (Kit George)

VBTeamJune 22, 2007Jun 22, 200706/22/07

Ingredients:- Visual Studio 2008 (Beta2 or Higher)- Some text you want to search Categories: LINQ-To-Objects, LINQ and strings, LINQ and WinForms Instructions:- Open Visual Studio 2008, and Click ‘...

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 1: Change the font for all labels on a windows form (Kit George)

VBTeamJune 22, 2007Jun 22, 200706/22/07

Folks, we’re gonna start a ‘cookbook’ of LINQ entries, which we’ll be building over time. This is just meant to be a series of solutions to specific scenarios, that the team comes across when writing code and using queries. I can't think of a better way to communicate everything you might use LINQ for! The point of...

Holiday fun with LinQ, and LinQ technologies in mind

VBTeamNovember 22, 2006Nov 22, 200611/22/06

OK, so when you're playing around with LinQ and all it's various additional bits, you really do get to have a bit of fun. I've made this available simply because i enjoyed doing it. The basic idea is to time and then compare the duration of various 'IsPrime' implementations. The 'client' simply allows you to run various IsPrime implementations...

Notes from a recent tour to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Phillipines (well, almost!)

VBTeamOctober 17, 2006Oct 17, 200610/17/06

All, I recently went on a trip to 3 Asian countries, and thought I would share the notes.Here’s my summary of the recent trip a colleague and I made to Asia. The trip was cut short due to a typhoon in Manila, which was a real shame: my colleague and I were very much looking forward to seeing the Philippines. However, the trip ...

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