Visual Studio Express Team WebLog : Visual C# Express

XNA Game Studio Express opens game development to everyone

VSExpress — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:57:00 GMT

Today, Microsoft announced XNA Game Studio Express, a revolutionary set of tools based on the XNA platform and built on top of Visual C# 2005 Express Edition that enables anyone to easily create games for both Windows and the Xbox 360 console.

Coding Basics - Express Webcast Series

VSExpress — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:34:00 GMT

We've compiled a mix of live and on-demand webcasts specifically for Visual Studio Express Edition users. Tune in and learn how to create a Rocket Commander game, program your Lego Mindstorms robot, host your own website, understand your SQL Server Express database, and much more!

Coding Basics: Tools for the Hobbyist Developer

Coding4Fun: What's Playing?

VSExpress — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:49:00 GMT

Interfacing Your Media with an External LCD Panel
Create an application that will determine the song currently playing in either Windows Media Player or iTunes and output the title, artist name, album and song length to an LCD panel.

Heard in the Forums: How to launch Internet Explorer from a Windows Form?

VSExpress — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:01:00 GMT

Ever wanted to know how to use a text box and button control to launch a URL in an Internet Explorer browser? Learn how to do this and find more answers to your questions in the Visual C# Forums.

Calling all Absolute Beginners!

VSExpress — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:47:00 GMT

If you're just learning to program, we've got a great set of videos for you! Bob Tabor, our partner at LearnVisualStudio.net has put together some really wonderful training videos that will guide you through the process of creating your own applications. He'll start by introducing you to the Visual Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment), show you some basic programming concepts, and finally help you to create your own non-trivial project!

The absolute beginners series comes in 3 flavors:

Brad Abrams extends the C# RSS Screen Saver (by Danielfe)

VSExpress — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 06:28:00 GMT

Read how Brad Abrams extends the Visual C# Express RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit to include referrals from his blog.

Brad writes: “...I extended the screensaver by adding a new area that displays the most current 100 referrals from google in my blog. I had a lot of help from code I “borrowed” from Raymond Chen but still had a lot of fun.”

Modified Screen Saver Screenshot
Modified Screen Saver Source Code

- Dan