Paul Cornell
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I've decided not to maintain this blog anymore. This means that I won't be adding any new posts nor...
Date: 02/21/2014
Here's my list of how to create and access things in Small Basic. I use this when I need to jog my...
Date: 04/02/2010
Mark Forster, creator of the popular AutoFocus time management system, has come up with a new...
Date: 02/11/2010
Get more information and download them here.
Date: 02/09/2010
From the Microsoft Small Basic blog: The Small Basic v0.8 release features: Addition of details...
Date: 02/08/2010
I created a digital clock to demonstrate the Microsoft Small Basic Clock object. You can do any of...
Date: 01/07/2010
You can now run Microsoft Small Basic programs in a Microsoft Silverlight-based viewer from a...
Date: 01/07/2010
Here are the Microsoft Small Basic code examples that I've created so far. If you have Small Basic,...
Date: 01/04/2010
Microsoft Small Basic provides a Turtle object that lets you draw on the graphics window with a...
Date: 12/30/2009
If you're interested in creating basic text-based programs, Microsoft Small Basic has TextWindow and...
Date: 12/29/2009
It's that time in my childrens' lives where they need to practice their basic math facts under a...
Date: 12/29/2009
The Microsoft Small Basic Shapes object allows you to do the following with shapes in the graphics...
Date: 12/28/2009
The Microsoft Small Basic graphics window allows you to do the following, as demonstrated in the...
Date: 12/28/2009
As demonstrated in the following code, you can use the Microsoft Small Basic File class to create...
Date: 12/23/2009
Microsoft Small Basic supports arrays, which allow you to store items in temporary computer memory....
Date: 12/22/2009
Microsoft Small Basic supports several mathematical functions, including not only simple addition,...
Date: 12/22/2009
A few more Microsoft Small Basic classes with very methods and properties are: The Sound class,...
Date: 12/22/2009
Some Microsoft Small Basic classes have very few methods and properties. Among them are: The Desktop...
Date: 12/17/2009
Microsoft Small Basic has a few clock-related properties for the date, year, month, day of the week,...
Date: 12/17/2009
Here is some code demonstrating how to use all of the Microsoft Small Basic Text class's...
Date: 12/17/2009
The For, To, EndFor, Step, While, EndWhile, If, Then, Else, ElseIf, and EndIf keywords are used to...
Date: 12/16/2009
This is the first of many posts that demonstrates how to use Microsoft Small Basic to program...
Date: 12/15/2009
I was recently asked to participate in an initiative to help students and beginners learn how to...
Date: 12/15/2009
It has been a really long time since I wrote Microsoft Outlook VBA code. But when a customer last...
Date: 12/07/2009
Two video reviews today! .NET Framework 4: Creating Extensible Applications with the Managed...
Date: 11/16/2009
The following e-mail just went out to all MSDN subscribers. Here's a copy of the e-mail in case...
Date: 11/03/2009
In this 12-minute video, you'll learn how "type equivalence" in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4...
Date: 10/28/2009
In this 20-minute video, you'll learn how to perform a single-server installation of Microsoft...
Date: 10/21/2009
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2...
Date: 10/21/2009
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd831853(VS.100).aspx. You can switch between the...
Date: 10/21/2009
Visual Studio General Manager Jason Zander has an excellent post on getting started with Team...
Date: 10/21/2009
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Date: 10/20/2009
For the announcement of Beta 2 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4, see...
Date: 10/19/2009
In this 11-minute video, you'll learn how to track workflow service events for health monitoring,...
Date: 10/13/2009
In this 25-minute video, you'll learn about the new features in Visual Studio Team System 2010 for...
Date: 10/12/2009
I’ve been trying to simplify my computer so that I can work faster and with less distracting visual...
Date: 10/08/2009
In this 21-minute video, you'll learn about some improvements planned for dynamic data in the .NET...
Date: 10/08/2009
In this 16-minute video, you'll learn about some of the new web tooling features in Visual Studio...
Date: 10/07/2009
In this 24-minute video, you'll learn about how Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in the .NET...
Date: 10/06/2009
In this two-hour video, you'll get an extensive rundown of some of the features planned for Visual...
Date: 10/05/2009
In this 17-minute video, you'll look at a new type of test coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010...
Date: 10/02/2009
AutoFocus version 4 (AF4) is now available. In summary: Start writing a list of your undone tasks,...
Date: 09/30/2009
Why do I like Autofocus 2 (AF2) so much better than AF1? I like the notion of one big list of tasks...
Date: 07/27/2009
Someone recently asked how Microsoft Office OneNote could possibly be used as a replica of popular...
Date: 07/27/2009
I’m really enjoying working with the Autofocus (AF) method by Mark Forster. It has allowed me to...
Date: 07/24/2009
See https://www.markforster.net/blog/2009/6/27/autofocus-2-time-management-system-af2.html. (Version...
Date: 07/22/2009
In this 18-minute video, you'll take a brief look at the basic F# data types, and you'll explore...
Date: 05/29/2009
How to download and install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1:...
Date: 05/29/2009
Scrum-ban: https://leansoftwareengineering.com/ksse/scrum-ban/. "The idea of using a simple task...
Date: 05/29/2009
Jason Zander (General Manager of Microsoft Visual Studio) has posted several screen shots of...
Date: 05/19/2009