August 2007 - Posts

Refactor! for Visual Basic 2008 Beta 2
31 August 07 10:17 AM

I just added a new headline and detail page on the Visual Basic Developer center for Refactor! for Visual Basic 2008. This is developed by Developer Express Inc. and it enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Visual Basic, Downloads, Utilities, Tools

The Final .NET Show: Silverlight
23 August 07 06:12 PM

I just posted a new headline to the MSDN Silverlight Developer center about the last episode of the .NET show! In this final episode , Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander join .NET Show host Robert Hess to discuss and demonstrate Silverlight, the new Microsoft Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Videos, Silverlight

Updated Silverlight 1.1 SDK Now Available
21 August 07 01:00 PM

I just updated the Silverlight Developer Center homepage with this announcement! It is a re-release of the 1.1 SDK with a new Silverlight., updated quickstarts and a modified welcome and readme. Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Downloads, Silverlight

New Visual Basic “How Do I: LINQ” Videos from Beth Massi
20 August 07 03:25 PM

Beth keeps pushing these videos out to a weekly drum-beat! Just released today, two new featured videos in our “How Do I” series . This week, the videos focus on LINQ queries that work over DataSets and LINQ to SQL and the new O\R designer in Visual Studio Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Visual Basic, How Do I, Videos, SQL, LINQ

New CodePlex feeds on VB and VC# Developer Centers
16 August 07 01:07 PM

Today I launched new language specific feeds with the latest CodePlex projects on the Visual Basic and Visual C# Developer center homepages. Check them out! Read More...

Postedby kerby kuykendall | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual C#, MSDN, Community, Visual Basic, CodePlex

New Visual Basic Article on MSDN: Getting Started with WCF
15 August 07 09:29 AM

Beth Massi is doing an amazing job of driving content of the Visual Basic Developer center on MSDN. Yesterday we published our second community article : Getting Started with WFC . This one was submitted by Rob Windsor's an Microsoft Visual Basic MVP. Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Community, Visual Basic, WCF

New Visual Basic “How Do I” Videos from Beth Massi
13 August 07 05:10 PM

Beth is to this Developer center as James Brown was to rock and roll! Just released today, two new videos in our “How Do I” series . This week, Beth is focused on the new LINQ language features of Visual Basic 9.0 included in Visual Studio 2008. This Read More...

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Filed under: MSDN, Visual Basic, How Do I, Videos

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0
13 August 07 03:56 PM

Hot off the press and published within the hour…the new Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0! Get it while it’s hot, on the Visual Basic Developer center. Here’s the scoop: Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0 Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Read More...

Postedby kerby kuykendall | 1 Comments    

Filed under: MSDN, Visual Basic, Downloads, Power Packs

Ever wonder what the Microsoft Visual Basic team looks like?
10 August 07 03:03 PM

Just launched today (like an hour ago)…the new MSDN Visual Basic Team page. Ever wonder what these folks at Microsoft look like or how their bios read? Have you seen some of them in webcasts, but pondered what the rest of the team looks like? Come to Read More...

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Filed under: Community, Visual Basic

MSDN Visual Basic and Visual C# Developer center home page updates
09 August 07 12:14 PM

With the VB team creating rich video content on Channel9, it seemed high time to feature this work with its own little spot on the VB homepage . Check out this new developer center feature and go watch those screencasts. Beth is doing a bang-up job. We've Read More...

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Filed under: Visual C#, MSDN, Visual Basic

My First Post (Making MSDN better)
08 August 07 04:04 PM

Hi there, my name is Kerby Kuykendall and I am the site manager for the Visual Basic, Visual C#, Internet Explorer and Silverlight MSDN Developer Centers. I’ve created this blog to let you know what we are doing to make your Developer Centers better and Read More...

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Filed under: Visual C#, MSDN, Community, Visual Basic