Daryll McDade - The High School Guy : AP Comp Sci

Instant J# conversion tool

Daryll McDade — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:55:00 GMT

This is pretty cool. Instant J# helps generate J# code from Visual Basic code. Given the huge VB community out there and the plethora of code samples floating around, this could be a great learning tool. For students and faculty looking to bring their Java skills to the .NET Framework. Curious to know what folks think of this.

Courtesy of Brian Keller

Tags: J# , VB, .NET

Brian on J#

Daryll McDade — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:31:00 GMT

It may be old but it's good. Channel 9 video interview with Brian Keller, Product Manager for J#. Worth a refresher now that the new Visual Studio 2005 betas are out. Be sure to also check out Pratap's video on MSDN.

Students choosing Visual Studio .NET in Florida

Daryll McDade — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:37:00 GMT

I received this note from Brian Scarbeau, a high school AP Computer Science teacher in Orlando, Florida.

"Thought I’d pass this along. . . My AP students are now using the MBCS hands on. I don’t require them to use an IDE and they choose either bluej, JCreator or VS. Some started to use Visual Studio for the first time today and they were blown away by the intellisense and how easy it was to use. Needless to say that got the attention of the other students that were using the other IDEs. Guess what IDE all my students will be using tomorrow in class?"

As Brian Keller, the product manager for J# notes, at Microsoft we spend lots of time, money, and energy ensuring that our tools address the needs of students and faculty. Folks like Brian and myself passionately pursue channeling feedback to our product teams to give the academic community every reason to choose our tools over other IDE's on merit. This kind of feedback is great to hear. We like to hear when we've gotten something wrong as well but it is good to know some times that we're making a difference in the classroom.