May 2008 - Posts

Check it out - VB Social Bookmarks
30 May 08 04:06 PM

John mentioned that they just released a social bookmarking preview so that we can pop social feeds (feeds generated by content bookmarked by you) to enable all members of the community to publish useful resources directly to MSDN and TechNet. Check it Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, DevCenter

Visual Studio Launch Event, Reno NV
27 May 08 03:02 PM

Since I live only about 200 miles from Reno I figured I would volunteer to deliver a session at this VS Launch Event last Thursday. I love driving and figured I could easily handle a 3 hour drive over the Sierras on 80 this time of year. I stayed with Read More...

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MSDN's New Look!
23 May 08 09:37 AM

I got back late last night from the Visual Studio Launch event in Reno, NV (more on that later) but I wanted to mention that yesterday MSDN and TechNet rolled out a new look. With the new site redesign, the MSDN and TechNet Web sites will make it easier Read More...

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DevTeach - Last Day
16 May 08 08:19 AM

Thursday: Okay I know it's Friday but I was the last session of the day yesterday and I didn't have time to post afterwards (I'll tell you why in a minute). My duet session with Rob Windsor was on VB6 to .NET Migration. We're going to take this one to Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, Speaking, Community, Interop Toolkit, DevCenter

DevTeach Day 2 - LINQ to Everything
15 May 08 09:17 AM

Before I post about DevTeach Day 3 I thought I'd report back how the LINQ session I did yesterday evening. I mentioned yesterday that I volunteered to fill in for Roy Osherove because he ended up in the hospital. Good news is that he emailed this morning Read More...

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Filed under: Speaking, LINQ, Community, DevCenter

DevTeach Day 2 - An Unexpected Turn
14 May 08 11:24 AM

Wednesday: I woke up this morning (yes it was still morning, I made it to bed before 3am, I think), feeling chipper and excited that I'd be able to spend the day attending sessions. I wasn't scheduled for any talks today, just tomorrow, so I figured this Read More...

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I Made it to Toronto! Day 0 and 1 at DevTeach
13 May 08 09:32 AM

Monday: I wake up at 3:15am CA time and get to SFO to make a 6am flight to Toronto. (Note: Air Canada flights do NOT leave from the international terminal, they leave from domestic terminal 3, go figure.) But the flight was pretty nice, TVs on the back Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Speaking, LINQ, Community, DevCenter

Quickly Changing Values of XML Elements Using LINQ
09 May 08 06:33 PM

I've had many questions lately on how you can query for a specific node in an XML document (or fragment) and change it's value using LINQ. (This must mean that people are really starting to use this stuff so I'm pretty excited.) This is really easy to Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 10 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, LINQ, DevCenter, Article, XML

Visual Basic "Learn" Section of MSDN - Give it a Spin
08 May 08 04:54 PM

The Learn tab of the Visual Basic Developer Center is being updated with a bunch of new content and VS 2008 topics. If you look at the center of the page you'll see the list of topics and when you click one, you should now see some fresh stuff. Currently Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, Community