{"id":873,"date":"2010-04-15T22:59:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2010\/04\/15\/visual-basic-2010-is-here\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:41:24","slug":"visual-basic-2010-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/visual-basic-2010-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic 2010 is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a very exciting time this week, with the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4. On April 12th, <a href=\"http:\/\/vs2010launch.com\">5 launch events<\/a> took place around the world in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore, London and Las Vegas. The video from Bob Muglia\u2019s VS 2010 Launch keynote is <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Connect\/\">now available on-demand<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Connect\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/04\/clip_image001_5dc6613a-3564-4025-a254-6e98128576cb.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The agenda for day was VS 2010 sessions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/VS2010Launch\/Paul-Yuknewicz-Windows-Development-with-Visual-Studio-2010\/\">Windows Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/VS2010Launch\/Sam-Gazitt-SharePoint-and-Office-Development-with-Visual-Studio-2010\/\">SharePoint and Office<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/VS2010Launch\/Doug-Seven-Improving-Developer-Tester-Collaboration-with-Microsoft-Visual-Studio-2010\/\">Dev &amp; Test Collaboration<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/VS2010Launch\/Proactive-Project-Management-with-Visual-Studio-2010\/\">Project Management<\/a>. Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/VS2010Launch\/\">\u201cVisual Studio 2010 Launch\u201d tag on Channel9<\/a> for more\u2026 There are also a number of session recordings available now on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeproject.com\/feature\/techsummit\/\">The Code Project<\/a>. Tim, Alexandra, and I recorded a live <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Connect\/\">Channel 9 interview on managed code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Connect\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/04\/clip_image002_b175c486-c4f4-48b1-a706-2aa8d45536ee.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Las Vegas launch event, there were many VB keynote and session demos, as well as two Languages-focused sessions covering Visual Basic :<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; VNT03: What\u2019s New in Visual C# 4.0 and Visual Basic 10? (April 13, 10:15AM-11:30AM, Grand Ballroom 5, Kathleen Dollard)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; VMS10: Microsoft Visual Basic and C# IDE Tips and Tricks (April 13, 4:15PM-5:15AM, Grand Ballroom 5, Dustin Campbell)<\/p>\n<h5>&#160;<\/h5>\n<h3>Visual Basic 2010 Resources<\/h3>\n<p>There is <b>*a lot*<\/b> of content live now online. Be sure to check out Jonathan Aneja\u2019s MSDN Magazine featured article: <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/ee336123.aspx\">What\u2019s New in Visual Basic 2010<\/a>. Below are additional key VB resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.com\/vbasic\">Visual Basic Developer Center Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/en-us\/\">Visual Studio 2010 Release<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyID=47305cf4-2bea-43c0-91cd-1b853602dcc5&amp;displaylang=en\">Visual Studio 2010 SDK Release<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devexpress.com\/Products\/Visual_Studio_Add-in\/CodeRushX\/\">CodeRush XPress Release for C# &amp; VB<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/ironpython.codeplex.com\/releases\/view\/36280\">IronPython 2.6.1 for .NET 4<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ironruby.codeplex.com\/releases\/view\/25901#DownloadId=116524\">IronRuby 1.0 for .NET 4<\/a> (Compatible releases&#160; for dynamic language interop with VB 2010.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/2\/2\/B\/22B4695E-CEBC-4296-8DC3-0F329CA6751D\/Visual%20Basic%20Language%20Specification%2010.0.doc\">Visual Basic 10.0 Language Specification<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/2x7h1hfk.aspx\">Visual Basic Help Documentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/vstudio\/dd441784.aspx#Core\">Visual Studio 2010 Languages Walkthroughs<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd409610(VS.100).aspx\">VB\/C# Type Embedding (General)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee317478(VS.100).aspx\">VB\/C# Type Embedding (Office)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee342218(VS.100).aspx\">VB\/C# Office Programming<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee461504(VS.100).aspx\">VB\/C# Development with Dynamic Objects<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd998313(VS.100).aspx\">VB\/C# \u201cGenerate From Usage\u201d for Test-First Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/vb2010samples\">Visual Basic 2010 Samples<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presentations: What\u2019s New in the VB Language (versions: <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/pdc2008\/TL12\/\">PDC08<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoftpdc.com\/Sessions\/FT32\">PDC09<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/posts\/matthijs\/Visual-Basic-Masterclass-by-Lucian-Wischik\/\">Visual Basic Masterclass<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoftpdc.com\/Sessions\/FT33\">VB IDE Tips &amp; Tricks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Channel9: <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/shows\/10-4\/\">10-4 Series on VS 2010 and .NET 4<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/tags\/VB.NET\/\">Visual Basic on Channel9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/vstudio\/ff459609.aspx\">\u201cVisual Studio 2010 \u201cHow Do I\u201d Videos<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/vbasic\/bb466226.aspx\">Visual Basic \u201cHow Do I\u201d Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/feeds\/msdn\/en-us\/vbasic\/vb10.opml\">Visual Basic Team Blogs<\/a> | Executive blogs on Visual Basic: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/somasegar\/archive\/2009\/08\/19\/vb-and-c-enhancements-in-vs-2010.aspx\">VB &amp; C# (Soma)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/somasegar\/archive\/2008\/12\/19\/code-focused-development-in-vs-2010.aspx\">Code Focused (Soma)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/jasonz\/archive\/2009\/05\/18\/announcing-vs2010-net-framework-4-0-beta-1.aspx\">VB\/C#\/F# Language &amp; IDE (Jason)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/scottgu\/archive\/2010\/04\/12\/visual-studio-2010-and-net-4-released.aspx\">VS2010 Overview<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/scottgu\/archive\/2009\/08\/25\/vs-2010-and-net-4-series.aspx\">Series (ScottGu)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/scottgu\/archive\/2010\/04\/05\/automatic-properties-collection-initializers-and-implicit-line-continuation-support-with-vb-2010.aspx\">VB 10 (ScottGu)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/scottwil\/archive\/2010\/03\/09\/vb-and-c-coevolution.aspx\">Coevolution (ScottWil)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visual Basic 2010 Articles in MSDN Magazine: <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/ee336123.aspx\">VB10 Overview<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/ee336029.aspx\">VB Variance<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/ee358704.aspx\">VB Initializers<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/dd942823.aspx\">Error Correction<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/dd722812.aspx\">XML Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/vbasic\/bb897562.aspx\">Visual Basic Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Training: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?familyid=752CB725-969B-4732-A383-ED5740F02E93&amp;displaylang=en\">Visual Studio 2010 &amp; .NET 4 Training Kit<\/a>&#160; | <a href=\"http:\/\/launchoffer.appdev.com\/\">AppDev Free 2010 Course (VB\/C#)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?familyid=12A6DE81-C633-4F2C-A35F-CEA6FE772712&amp;displaylang=en\">Moving to 2010 E-Book<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/category\/visualbasic\">Visual Basic Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=92ced922-d505-457a-8c9c-84036160639f\">Visual Basic 2010 Keyboard Shortcut Posters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visual Studio 2010 Product Information:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/press\/2010\/apr10\/04-11VS10PR.mspx\">Press Release<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/pressk\nits\/developer\/\">Press Portal<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/en-us\/products\">SKU Comparison<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyID=3AFC2930-24C3-4A97-9850-AAB507EDB043&amp;displaylang=en\">Reviewers Guide<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/6\/F\/3\/6F34FD60-C247-4589-9B65-3E98A080A464\/Microsoft%20Visual%20Studio%202010%20Professional%20Data%20Sheet.docx\">Data Sheet<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?familyid=F9134B92-8F39-426E-AAF2-65AFA3F2C07B&amp;displaylang=en\">Whitepaper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visual Studio 2010 Promotional Offers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/en-my\/products\/msdn\/default.mspx\">Step Up Program (until 4\/30)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/en-us\/download\">90-Day Trial Downloads<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wlWriterHeaderFooter\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a very exciting time this week, with the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4. 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