Scott Wiltamuth's Visual Studio blog

Keeping up with C#-related projects for the entire Microsoft platform and tools (from device to data center!) is an important part of my job. I typically squirrel away documents (magazines; printouts; electronic versions; you name it) until I either have...

Jason Zander has an excellent new blog entry on compatibility that is definitely worth a read. Providing a smooth upgrade path from VS 2002 and 2003 is a key goal for VS 2005, aka Whidbey, and we need your help to deliver on this. Jason's post ends with...

I'm very excited to blog that Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 has been released. Our team has been hard at work on this high-quality beta release, and are proud that it is now available. We hope you enjoy it, and we look forward to your feedback! Please see...

In early 2004, I compiled a recommended reading list for program managers . I started with a list of my own -- a handful of favorites -- then emailed all of the Group Program Managers in the Developer Division to ask them for their recommendations, then...

MSDN has a new web-based threaded discussion system in Beta called Microsoft Forums . Josh Ledgard just blogged about it and included an email he sent to the product team outlining the new features/benefits. Here are the C#-specific groups: Visual...

Java is the #1 competitor for C#, and the Java platform is the #1 competitor for .NET. So it should be no surprise to readers that my group (C#) is highly interested in what's happening in the world of Java IDE's. The most recent InfoWorld has a review...