Beth Massi - Sharing the goodness that is VB : Webcast

Check out New Features in the MSDN Library Documentation

Beth Massi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:08 GMT

There’s some changes coming to the MSDN library and documentation. Kathleen posted about the new views available on the MSDN library which include a Lightweight view, ScriptFree view and a Classic view. She’s also got a short Channel 9 interview with the senior development lead on the library team who demonstrates them so check it out!

We’ve also got a webcast scheduled at 10AM PST today -- Lap around the Visual Studio 2010 documentation – hope you can join us and ask questions.

Enjoy!

Webcast Tomorrow - Redux - LINQ to XML in Visual Basic

Beth Massi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:55:00 GMT

If you missed my March 21st webcast on LINQ to XML in VB then you get another chance to join me live tomorrow at 9AM Pacific. These webcasts have been loads of fun for me. Although I prefer speaking in front of live people (I like to see your faces) I think I'm getting used to the webcast as a great teaching medium.

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: VB9 - Working with XML in Visual Basic
4/4/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes

Hope you can join me. Enjoy!

Webcast Starting! -- Migrating from VB6 to .NET

Beth Massi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Come join me and Rob Windsor in 30 minutes for a webcast on how to move your VB6 investments to .NET!

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET

Hope to see you all there. If you can't make it live, the download will be available this evening.

Enjoy!

LINQ to XML Webcast Added to the VBeth Webcast Series

Beth Massi — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:00:00 GMT

That's right, I'm doing this one again on April 4th since I got such a great turnout! (Let's hope the recording works this time... grrrrrr)

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: VB9 - Working with XML in Visual Basic
4/4/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes
XML permeates every modern application today from XHTML, XAML, RSS, SOAP, Office Open XML just to name a few. Even your Visual Studio project files and configuration settings are XML files. The latest version of Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008 supports a new language syntax aimed at making you much more productive when working with XML. In this Webcast we'll walk through language features like XML literals, embedded expressions and axis properties in order to create, query and transform XML with this powerful but easy to use syntax. Say goodbye to XSLT and hello to Visual Basic 9.

Enjoy!

Webcast Tomorrow! - Working with XML in Visual Basic

Beth Massi — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

I'll be delivering a webcast tomorrow morning on LINQ to XML in VB. I'll show lots of cool demos I promice!

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: VB9 - Working with XML in Visual Basic
3/21/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes
XML permeates every modern application today from XHTML, XAML, RSS, SOAP, Office Open XML just to name a few. Even your Visual Studio project files and configuration settings are XML files. The latest version of Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008 supports a new language syntax aimed at making you much more productive when working with XML. In this Webcast we'll walk through language features like XML literals, embedded expressions and axis properties in order to create, query and transform XML with this powerful but easy to use syntax. Say goodbye to XSLT and hello to Visual Basic 9.

Hope to see you there!
-B

Webcast Added to the VBeth Webcast Series

Beth Massi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Thanks to all who attended Friday's webcast. Unfortunately VOIP in the new version of Live Meeting isn't what it's cracked up to be. And even though I set up a conference call, a lot of people couldn't dial into the toll-free number from other countries. I apologize, and the rest of the webcasts I'll set up through the phone line like we used to do in the old version.

I heard a lot of great feedback from the people that were on the phone (thanks for the encouraging emails!) so I decided to re-do this one this Friday at 11am PST. Yes, that's right, I'm doing two webcasts in one day because I love you all so much ;-) And if the Live Meeting gods are mean to me again, I'll just create a series of How-Do-I videos!

Here's all the new details (and I've updated the previous announcements about it with the new information):

Live From Redmond: VB9 - Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic
3/14/2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes
LINQ stands for Language Integrated Query and it allows you to query over things like objects, databases and XML in a standard way with a new syntax available in the latest versions of Visual Basic and C#. In this Webcast you will learn how to get started writing LINQ queries using the simple but powerful query syntax available in Visual Basic. We'll walk through a variety of basic queries as well look at aggregates and groups over different data sources. You will also see how writing queries over XML using specific Visual Basic syntax like XML literals and axis properties can help you be much more productive when working with XML.

Webcast Tomorrow! - Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic

Beth Massi — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:45:00 GMT

I'll be delivering a webcast tomorrow morning on an intro to LINQ in VB. If you're lost or just want to get started with it, join me and come see what it's all about.

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: VB9 - Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic
3/7/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/7/2008 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
LINQ stands for Language Integrated Query and it allows you to query over things like objects, databases and XML in a standard way with a new syntax available in the latest versions of Visual Basic and C#. In this Webcast you will learn how to get started writing LINQ queries using the simple but powerful query syntax available in Visual Basic. We'll walk through a variety of basic queries as well look at aggregates and groups over different data sources. You will also see how writing queries over XML using specific Visual Basic syntax like XML literals and axis properties can help you be much more productive when working with XML.

Hope to see you there!
-B

Webcast on VB6 Migration to .NET

Beth Massi — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:48:00 GMT

I just added another webcast for March 28th on VB6 migration to .NET to the list of March madness webcasts I'll be doing.

Rob Windsor and I will be presenting a bonus webcast on VB6 to .NET migration. If you're involved in a migration push and don't know where to start this webcast is for you. We'll show some proven strategies as well as walk through the Interop Forms Toolkit which can dramatically speed up development in a phased migration approach.

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET
3/28/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/28/2008 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
Visual Basic (VB) 6 was used by millions of developers world-wide to build applications ranging from thousands to millions of lines of code representing significant organizational investments. The path from VB 6 to .NET has not always been clear, there is no one size fits all approach. We’ll cut to the chase, exploring the pros and cons of each option using real world examples. You will leave this webcast with the framework and tools to develop the right strategy for your organization to leverage your existing investments while taking advantage of the power and productivity the .NET Framework provides. Presented By Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community PM With special guest Rob Windsor, Visual Basic MVP.

Check out the other webcasts in March on Visual Basic 9 and LINQ.

Enjoy!

Live From Bethmond Webcasts (The VBeth Webcast Series)

Beth Massi — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT

I'll be doing a series of webcasts next month that you should check out if you're trying to get started with the new features in Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008. (BTW, if you haven't downloaded Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Basic 2008 Express what are you waiting for!?)

If you're interested in seeing what's new in the Visual Basic 9 language then join me for the always popular:

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: VB9 - What's New in Visual Basic 9
3/14/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/14/2008 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
Visual Basic is evolving in dramatic ways to help people be more productive when developing enterprise, data-aware applications. In this Webcast we'll go over the major new features in Visual Basic 9, and how these new features can help you write applications much more rapidly than ever before. You will be introduced to XML Literals, Object Initializers, Anonymous Types, Type Inference, Extension Methods, Lambda Expressions and much improved IntelliSense. We'll take a look at how these features tie into Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and how working with XML in Visual Basic provides ultimate performance and productivity.

If you keep saying "Man, I really should learn LINQ" or "I wonder if I'm writing this LINQ query correctly?", then you'll want to join me for this one (UPDATED NEW DATE/TIME:)

UPDATED 2/26: Webcast added! Rob Windsor and I will be presenting a bonus webcast on VB6 to .NET migration. If you're involved in a migration push and don't know where to start this webcast is for you. We'll show some proven strategies as well as walk through the Interop Forms Toolkit which can dramatically speed up development in a phased migration approach.

Live From ~~Red~~Bethmond: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET
3/28/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes
Visual Basic (VB) 6 was used by millions of developers world-wide to build applications ranging from thousands to millions of lines of code representing significant organizational investments. The path from VB 6 to .NET has not always been clear, there is no one size fits all approach. We’ll cut to the chase, exploring the pros and cons of each option using real world examples. You will leave this webcast with the framework and tools to develop the right strategy for your organization to leverage your existing investments while taking advantage of the power and productivity the .NET Framework provides. Presented By Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community PM With special guest Rob Windsor, Visual Basic MVP

Do you wade through the XML DOM all day? Interested in dumping XSLT for a real language? Or are you just interested in some highly productive language syntax? Then join me for this webcast: (UPDATED NEW DATE/TIME:)

I hope to see you all there! It'll be fun to see if I recognize your user names from the comments here on the blog. If you can't make it live, the On-Demand downloads will be available the day after the webcast.

Enjoy!

Today: Live From Redmond Webcast - VS 2008 Performance Improvements

Beth Massi — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:00:00 GMT

Join the Visual Basic team's Cameron McColl as he walks us through the performance improvements that were made in Visual Studio 2008 in order to bring us a much better development experience. The webcast starts today at 9AM Pacific.

Live From Redmond Webcast Today!

Beth Massi — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Live From Redmond: VB9 - Conquering XML with LINQ to XML with Amanda Silver is starting in 30 minutes at 9AM PST. If you really want to dive deep into XML in VB then you don't want to miss this one:

XML programming is central to writing data-centric applications; it permeates the presentation tier (XAML, XHTML), communications layer (REST, RSS, WCF), is present on the server tier (XML on SQL), and is used regularly for general purposes (configuration, logging, persistent stores.) But XML is not a tame data format, peculiarities like XML namespaces can make it a beast to deal with. In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML that you’re trying to express. But, this is not a toy set of features – this webcast will take you from the guts of the LINQ to XML API to the easy to grasp abstractions presented in Visual Basic 9.0. It will cover tips, tricks, and gotchas so that you reach peak performance when programming against XML with Visual Basic 9.0.

Today's Live From Redmond Webcast Rescheduled

Beth Massi — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:46:15 GMT

Amanda Silver came down with a nasty sickness last night so we just had to reschedule her Live From Redmond: VB9 - Conquering XML with LINQ to XML talk for this Tuesday July 3rd. If you're already registered then you're good to go for next week and automated emails should have been sent out to notify you all of the change. If you haven't registered yet, what are you waiting for? :-)

Sincerest apologies from Amanda -- and we hope she feels better very soon!

Webcast Tomorrow: Live From Redmond - LINQ Best Practices!

Beth Massi — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:11:00 GMT

Join Lisa and the rest of the VB Team as she walks us though some best practices for LINQ. This web cast will explore best practices for writing easy to read, consumable queries, including naming, usage, and performance ideas. It starts at 9AM PST. Hope you can join us!

Live From Redmond Webcast Starts Now! - Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0

Beth Massi — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:56:00 GMT

It's starting now, so come join us! In this webcast Jonathan takes a look at how you can use the Interop Toolkit to migrate your VB 6 applications to the .NET platform, and also discusses strategies you can use to migrate your VB 6 applications to the .NET platform.

Live From Redmond - Building SOA with WCF

Beth Massi — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:57:00 GMT

This webcast with John Stallo is starting now! This time John will go deeper into WCF from the Visual Basic point of view.