Brad McCabe's WebLog

Brad, are you alive?

So you might have been wondering, given that it's been oh... 4 years since my last blog post if I...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/12/2010

Visual Studio 2005 US Events

The various Developer Evangelist from around the country will be delivering about 60 technical how...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/19/2006

New VB WebCast Series Starting Soon

Jacob Cynamon is kicking off a new WebCast series titled Visual Basic 2005 today to focus on what’s...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/03/2006

Updated Free eBook - Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers

Early in the BETA period for Visual Studio 2005 we released a free online version of the MS Press...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/03/2006

Will work for food....

Do you like to have an impact on the lives of professional developers? If so check out Jay Roxe's...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/27/2006

Jackie Goldstein on VB Migration

DeveloperPipeline has recently posted a chat with Software Legend Jackie Goldstein about Visual...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 01/28/2006

Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows®-Based Client Development

I have been asked to pass long some information to folks. If you are interested in taking some of...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 01/27/2006

Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development

I have been asked to pass long some information to folks. If you are interested in taking some of...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 01/27/2006

New LINQ Preview Bits Released

The VB team has release a new version of the LINQ preview bits. You can download the January preview...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 01/17/2006

Register Now for the MIX '06 Conference in Las Vegas

This sounds like a cool event for web developers, here is the marketing blurb: Attend the MIX...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 01/16/2006

Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic 2005 Upgrade Guidance Released

Also new out from the patterns and practices group is a set of upgrade guidance for Visual Basic 6.0...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 12/19/2005

New Composite UI Application Block

The patterns and practices team has just released a new Composite UI Application Block. Below is a...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 12/19/2005

Free VB 2005 and ASP.NET Training

With the holiday’s coming lots of people have some extra time on their hands, with this in mind MSDN...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 12/17/2005

Edit and Continue and Rude Edits

The Visual Basic team blog has posted a good entry about Edit and Continue and Rude Edits. Edit and...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/14/2005

VBUG 2005 Winter Conference - Reading, UK

When we rolled out the new Developer Center pages with the VS 2005 launch last week one of things...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/14/2005

VB 6.0 Upgrading Podcasts

Duncan MacKenzie has posted links to some really good VB 6.0 to .NET Podcasts that he found. You can...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/09/2005

Pre-RTM Visual Studio 2005 Automatic Uninstall Tool

You should install the RTM version of Visual Studio 2005 on a clean machine, that is one that did...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/09/2005

Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005 Released

The first Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005 has been released. According to the downloads page it...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/09/2005

New Web Deployment Project for ASP.NET

New on the ASP.NET site today is a cool thing for deployment -- Web Deployment projects. (Download...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/09/2005

VS and SQL Officially Launched

It’s official, Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are now launched. Not only can the general...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/07/2005

LINQ Updates for Visual Studio 2005 (RTM)

Now that Visual Studio is gold and has been RTMed if you are working with the LINQ preview you will...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 11/01/2005

Visual Studio 2005 and SQL 2005 Released

Visual Studio 2005 (Standard, Pro, and Express versions) and SQL Server 20005 has been released and...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 10/27/2005

Code Snippet Channel 9 Video

The VB team has posted a new video on Channel9 about Code Snippets in VS2005. Click here to check...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 10/24/2005

Upcoming VB Chat on VB 9.0 Language Enhancements

There is an upcoming chat on the VB 9.0 language enhancements: Visual Basic 9.0 Language...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 10/19/2005

Ready - Launch Tour 2005

November 7th and the launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk 2006 is getting...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 10/13/2005

Kid Programming Language (KPL)

There is a new article out about KPL, or the Kid Programming Language. This is a really neat idea...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/29/2005

More talk about the future of Visual Basic

Normally I don't like to make entries that are just a collection of links, but this time I will make...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/14/2005

My.Blogs Released

Today we just posted the My.Blogs sample. This is a great demonstrations by Chris Mayo and others on...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/14/2005

Talking about the future of Visual Basic

Today at PDC the future direction of Visual Basic is being discussed. We have posted some resources...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/13/2005

Visual Basic 6.0 to VB.NET Upgrade Guidance - Community Pre-Release

The Patterns and Practices group is working on providing guildance on moving from VB 6.0 to either...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/08/2005

Wanted, Dead or Alive!

Ok, got your attention with the title. The Code Snippet team has started a discussion on the MSDN...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/07/2005

Free Training CD from AppDev

Even more great offers. Microsoft and AppDev, a leading developer training company, have partnered...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/01/2005

Free ASP.NET Learning Challenges for Visual Basic .NET Developers

If you have not already heard, InnerWorkings is providing a collection of ASP.NET learning...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/01/2005

C++ 2005 Express and Half Life Moding

I have never been a big computer gamer, that is why I have an XBox, but this announcement yesterday...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 09/01/2005

Free eLearning and Book Chapters

When your whole life is all about Visual Studio, sometimes it's easy to get a little too heads-down...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 08/19/2005

Merge Multiple .NET Assemblies Into One

Here is a great "power toy" for .NET developers, ILMerge. ILMerge will allow you to combine multiple...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 08/19/2005

Want to Customize your menus in Visual Studio 2005? Here's how...

The VB IDE Team has a great post about customizing the menu in VS 2005. Check it out on their blog...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 08/17/2005

PDC Sold Out

PDC is now sold out. If you were planning on attending but did not get a spot you can still get in...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 08/17/2005

Additional Free Refactorings Available for Refactor

If you have registered your free copy of Refactor you are eligible for two new refactorings from...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 08/08/2005

Lots and Lots of Code Samples

We have been busy publishing and posting code samples for Visual Basic 2005 the last week or so. For...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/30/2005

Visual Basic Sessions at PDC

If you have not seen the sessions for PDC have been posted for a little bit of time. While there are...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/28/2005

Windows Vista Developer Center and BETA 1 Bits are Live

You can visit the new Windows Vista (formally Longhorn) Developer Center and check out some cool new...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/27/2005

Developer Division Executive Blogs

Not everyone is aware that a large number of Microsoft Executives and leaders have blogs of their...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/22/2005

PDC Early Bird Registration Ending Soon

If you have not already signed up for PDC time is running out for the Early Bird discount. Check out...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/22/2005

Windows Vista

So if you have not heard, Windows Longhorn is now offically named. It will be Windows Vista. In...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/22/2005

IdeaBlade and Free Version

I spent some time on the phone yesterday with Robert Otto of IdeaBlade. IdeaBlade is a “developer...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 07/15/2005

Free Online Books

For those of you that were wondering if I got stuck in Florida or something after Tech Ed, the...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/29/2005

C# Gets “My”, Well Sort Of

If you have read my previous blog about the My namespace in Visual Basic you understand how much I...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/15/2005

Visual Studio 2005 Launch Date

If you where not at Tech Ed or missed the press last week the launch date for Visual Studio 2005 is...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/14/2005

My First MSDN Article

Now that I have been here for three months I have finally gotten a few minutes to write my first...

Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/14/2005

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