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New Language Features in Visual Basic 14

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]December 9, 2014Dec 9, 201412/9/14

"Visual Basic 14" is the version of Visual Basic that will ship with Visual Studio 2015. In this blog post I'll talk specifically about the VB language improvements in this release. (Separately, there are a whole host of IDE and project-system improvements as well). There are two overall themes to the language improvements: (1) Make common ...

New Language Features in Visual Basic 14 (animated)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]November 26, 2014Nov 26, 201411/26/14

VB Universal Windows App: downloads

VBTeamJune 21, 2014Jun 21, 201406/21/14

Here are download links for the "VB Universal Windows App" series: App1.vb This is the minimal VB universal app that we'll build in this blog series. Breakout Universal This is a complete game, based upon all the principles that were covered in the blog series. How Do I video series &...

VB Universal Windows App Part 5: calling into platform-specific APIs from PCL

VBTeamJune 20, 2014Jun 20, 201406/20/14

This is Part 5 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: So far we've been able to re-use all our code and XAML by placing them in the PCL. Actually, PCLs can only ever contain calls to APIs that are common to the platforms they target. This generally isn't a problem, because most APIs on Windows also exist on Windows Phone, and vice ...

VB Universal Windows App Part 4: using SharpDX for sound effects

VBTeamJune 15, 2014Jun 15, 201406/15/14

This is Part 4 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: So far we've built a solid app, sharing as much code and XAML as possible by placing it in our PCL. For today's post we'll continue the process, adding game-quality sound effects to our app. SharpDX is the best way to do this. Please bear with me. This is a long ...

VB Universal Windows App Part 3 (for the end-user): roaming settings, and in-app purchases

VBTeamJune 15, 2014Jun 15, 201406/15/14

This is Part 3 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: In the first two parts we set up a VS Solution that helped us to share between our two app projects. In this post, we're going to code in the user-facing benefits of universal Windows apps. From an end-user perspective, the benefit of universal Windows apps is that (1) if you buy...

VB Universal Windows App Part 2 (for the developer): sharing XAML, Assets and Code

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]June 15, 2014Jun 15, 201406/15/14

This is Part 2 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: In Part 1 we set ourselves up by registering the app in the two Dev Centers, and by creating the basic structure in Solution Explorer. In Part 2 today, we're going to share! From a developer perspective, the benefit of universal Windows apps is in sharing as much as possible ...

VB Universal Windows App Part 1: Getting Started

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]June 15, 2014Jun 15, 201406/15/14

This is Part 1 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: Recently in April 2014, Microsoft announced Universal Windows Apps. I thought I'd take an old Silverlight paddle game and turn it into a VB Universal Windows App. Here's how the finished game looks, on devices and in the stores: What is a Universal Windows App? A "...

Visual Basic 11 Beta Available for Download!

VBTeamFebruary 28, 2012Feb 28, 201202/28/12

As you may have read in Jason’s announcement, today we announced that Visual Studio 11 Beta is now available for download. This is a huge release for Visual Basic as it provides full platform support for building Windows 8 Metro style apps, a first-class asynchronous programming experience, and also the long-awaited Iterators ...

Announcement: Namespace Global

VBTeamSeptember 27, 2011Sep 27, 201109/27/11

There’s a new feature coming to VB, and already included in the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview. The feature is called Namespace Global and it’ll make your life easier… The MSDN reference on namespaces (including Namespace Global) is here: Namespaces in Visual Basic. As an aside, I’d like to thank Shimmy ...

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