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Fun with VB !!!
06 September 07 01:08 PM

Who says you can't obfuscate VB code? For fun, I tried writing some VB code which was shaped in the letters 'vb' (that's right, the code itself forms the shape of the letters), where the 'v' and the 'b' are formed from the Visual Studio inifinity logo. Read More...

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Filed under: IDE, Kit George, VB2005, VB2008

Attachment(s):VBFun.zip

Sons and Daughters Day: a pure blast!
15 July 07 04:35 PM

On Friday, Chris Smith and I (Chris is a test engineer on the VB Team) attended an event called 'Sons and Daughters' day. The day consisted of 2 sessions (20-25 kids in each) where kids aged 6-13 were run through a class of writing an app in VB (20-25 Read More...

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Filed under: Kit George, VB_Express, VB2005

Whats New In VB2005 - Some parts of the TechEd demos
03 July 06 04:24 PM

So I cleaned up my teched demos and editted the notes so hopefully, someone other than me (without access to what's inside my head ;-)) can follow along and see some of the cool new things in VB2005. Simply unzip the solution, open it, and remember to Read More...

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Filed under: Kit George, VB2005

Attachment(s):WhatsNewInVB.zip

Generics Patterns and Practices: ideas and suggestions for when to use generics
27 June 06 02:39 PM

So at TechEd-2006, I gave a chalktalk on generics patterns and practices. I've zipped the content up here so folks can check it out if they want. I start by giving a quick background on generics (the GenericsBasics solution attached), then looking for Read More...

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Filed under: Kit George, VB2005

Attachment(s):GenericsSlidesAndExamples.zip

VB Curioddities #1: Enum, Enum, my kingdom for an Enum.Parse
26 June 06 05:55 PM

Hey folks, my name's Kit George and I've joined the VB team from the CLR. VB is after all, the best language, so of course, it makes sense to work directly on it! Like all languages, VB has it's little 'oddities', so i thought i would start a series to Read More...

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Filed under: Kit George, VB2005