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VB Video Tutorials on ASP.Net Dynamic Data (Lisa Feigenbaum)
11 October 08 09:00 AM
Bill Burrows , VB MVP, has released some great videos on the ASP.Net Dynamic Data features that were added in VS2008 SP1. What is Dynamic Data? "ASP.Net Dynamic Data provides a framework that enables you to quickly build a functional data-driven application, Read More...
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Did you know? 300+ Visual Studio Tips & Tricks (Lisa Feigenbaum)
22 September 08 08:10 AM
Did you know that Sara Ford just recently passed the 300 mark for her Visual Studio Tips & Tricks? Sara used to be a tester on the Visual Studio Core IDE team, and knows the IDE inside and out! I remember the first time I met Sara was 4 years ago Read More...
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Are you using the ASP.Net MVC Framework with Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 September 08 08:00 AM
If so here's a great tutorial video for you to check out, by VB MVP Bill Burrows: http://www.myvbprof.com/2007_version/MVC_P4_Tutorial.aspx Here's a description of the tutorial: "This tutorial covers an overview to the MVC pattern using MVC Preview 4 Read More...
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Visual Basic at TechEd SouthEast Asia (Lisa Feigenbaum)
03 September 08 02:29 PM
This is a follow-up to my presentations at TechEd SouthEast Asia. Please find all the descriptions and materials for the presentations on the following resource page: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/techedsea Here are some direct links to the materials: Read More...
Visual Basic at TechEd South Africa 2008 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
02 September 08 03:22 PM
Thanks to those of you who attended my sessions at TechEd South Africa 2008. As promised here are the presentation materials I used, so you try out the examples yourself! I've created a Code Gallery resource page to host the material, with all the session Read More...
TechEd US 2008: Presentation Materials for TLA325 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
05 June 08 08:11 AM
This week I presented "Microsoft Visual Basic IDE Tips and Tricks" at TechEd US 2008. Thanks to those of you who attended. The presentation materials are listed below. Slide deck 2008 solution - post demo version 2005 solution - post demo version 2008 Read More...
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Come hear about VB 2008 Tips & Tricks at TechEd US! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
04 June 08 12:46 AM
The VB team has two great sessions coming up on Wednesday June 4th, covering tips & tricks for the language and IDE. Abstracts are below. Hope to see you there! TLA319 Microsoft Visual Basic 2008: Microsoft LINQ Language Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Read More...
LINQ Deep Dive and Best Practices Presentation Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)
15 May 08 04:45 PM
I presented the following talk this week at VSLive! Orlando 2008 : Visual Studio 2008: LINQ Deep Dive and Best Practices LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a key platform innovation introduced with Visual Studio 2008 which brings SQL-style query expressions Read More...
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VB 2008 IDE Tips & Tricks Presentation Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)
14 May 08 11:54 PM
Last week I went on a user group tour around Southern California. I've uploaded the materials from my talk: Powerpoint presentation Solution at the Start of the Demo Solution at the End of the Demo You can find these all posted together on the following Read More...
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Come join me on a Southern California user group tour (Lisa Feigenbaum)
05 May 08 02:36 AM
I will be presenting on the VB IDE in Southern California this week at a series of user group meetings. The events will be held in the San Diego and the Los Angeles area . Charlie Calvert from the C# team will be flying down from Redmond to speak as well. Read More...
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#6 Did you know? You can now manage your snippet highlighting (Lisa Feigenbaum)
15 March 08 01:50 PM
Do you use code snippets (introduced in VB 2005)? If you do, then you've probably noticed the green highlighting that stays around for the lifetime of the file. We've heard *a lot* of feedback that once you are done customizing the snippet, it is distracting Read More...
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#5 Did you know? VB IntelliSense now filters as you type! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
11 January 08 09:30 AM
Our goal in designing VB2008 IntelliSense was to make users of the feature the most productive that they could be. One problem we found in watching people use the feature, is that sometimes intelliSense displays so many items that it is hard to know whether Read More...
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#3 Did you know? Ctrl+Tab to navigate windows in VS (Lisa Feigenbaum)
09 January 08 09:30 AM
Just like Alt+Tab for Windows you can use Ctrl+Tab for Visual Studio. Ctrl+Tab will show you the active tool windows *and* the active files, so it is a good navigation tool for both. VS2008 has even added a cool miniature-sized visualization to this view, Read More...
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#2 Did you know? IntelliSense is now transparent in VS2008! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 11:00 PM
With the help of one little hotkey, you can now make the VS2008 IntelliSense list transparent! Just press CTRL . This is especially convenient when you need to see the code underneath the list. Watch it in action :) Read More...
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#1 Did you know? IntelliSense Everywhere (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 04:52 PM
I've decided to start a "Did you know?" series with tips & tricks. First off is my favorite IDE feature in VB2008: IntelliSense Everywhere! Did you know about all the new places where you can now find intelliSense in VB2008? If you're like me, once Read More...
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