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NEW VB LINQ CTP: Now live on MSDN!

January 23, 2006 Jan 23, 2006 01/23/06
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By Amanda Silver I’m very excited to announce that the next tech preview of Visual Basic 9.0 which includes support for Language INtegrated Query (codename LINQ) and XML integration atop the XLinq API is now available on the VB Future and the LINQ project websites. This is the result of a ton of hard work for a significant portion ...

Visual Basic 2005 is now available!

November 7, 2005 Nov 7, 2005 11/7/05
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 Today is the official launch day of the new version of Visual Basic:  This page links to the relevant information (how to get it, what's new, etc…)http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/You can also download the FREE Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition from here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ Happy coding, Luca ...

Channel 9 Videos

September 20, 2005 Sep 20, 2005 09/20/05
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Some videos on VB futures have been posted on Channel9 at: ·         Paul Vick and Amanda Silver - VB Language Futures: https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=116700 ·         Paul Vick and Erik Meijer - Dynamic Programming in Visual Basic ...

Downloading the VB 9.0 preview bits…

September 15, 2005 Sep 15, 2005 09/15/05
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We've gotten asked a few times what the VB 9.0 preview bits available here work on. It works on the RC candidate that's available on the PDC CD & for download on MSDN. Enjoy! - Amanda    ...

Glory, Hope, and Fame at the PDC

September 15, 2005 Sep 15, 2005 09/15/05
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Waiting for my ridiculously priced latte this morning (I am a Seattleite, after all) made me miss the intro to Eric’s keynote session. As I was walking toward exhibit Hall A, I noticed people conspicuously looking at me. I thought it was because I had a big LINQ button around my neck-- with everyone so excited about the technology they ...

Visual Basic — NEXT (by Amanda Silver)

September 13, 2005 Sep 13, 2005 09/13/05
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The first preview of the next version of Visual Basic goes live this morning! I’m sitting in Bill and Jim’s keynote right now, waiting for our announcement to be made public. The release is part of the .NET Language Integrated Query Framework, code-named “project LINQ”, which allows Visual Basic (and C#) developers to ...

PDC: Where the VB team will be…

September 12, 2005 Sep 12, 2005 09/12/05
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I'm *really* excited to be at the PDC this year. I've been to a few PDCs in the past and I think that this one is going to be the best, by far. In addition to the great demos, panels, and meet the team events, there will be a lot of buzz and discussion about the future of the language, platform, and tools. For those of you who won't be able to...