The Visual Basic Team : TechEd2008

Video: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:00:53 GMT

I've blogged the session materials for this presentation before, but now we finally have the video available too!

Here are some section markers:

Enjoy!

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/developer/tv/default.aspx?vid=79

Video: The Joy of Writing Code in Visual Studio 2010 (Karen Liu)

VBTeam — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:00:40 GMT

We've had a couple recent posts about the Code Focused development experience coming up in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE:

Code Focus Announcements in the TechEd EMEA Keynote

Code Focus Videos on Channel 9

Now for the ultimate coverage (a complete TechEd presentation on the subject), check out the following video by Karen Liu!

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/developer/tv/default.aspx?vid=80

VS 2010 Announcements at TechEd EMEA (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:51:10 GMT

TechEd EMEA kicked off on November 10th with an announcement-packed keynote by Visual Studio General Manager, Jason Zander! The 82min video has been made available for public viewing here. Below are some minute markers as well, in case you don't have time to watch the whole thing. Here's some other coverage you may want to check out, as well:

Minute markers for the video:

00:00 Opening by Pierre Liautaud, VP Western Europe (welcome, and some recap from PDC )
13:50 Jason comes on stage
17:52 Section 1: Understanding the Code (architecture, testing, what's there)
- 18:35 Editor WPF rewrite
- 20:02 Architectural explorer & graph
- 21:47 Generate sequence diagram
- 22:32 Codename “Camano”, part of VSTS. Test runner, video, historical debugging & TFS integration.
- 32:24 DevExpress Markup Viewer on the WPF Editor
- 33:01 Quick Search
- 33:22 Inline Call Tree
- 34:38 Highlight References
- 34:40 Document Map Margin, using Visual Studio Extensions and MEF (which allows xcopy deployable add-ins)
- 35:43 Ctrl+Mouse Zoom
- 36:15 Micro-versioning & changelist add-in
- 37:17 XML Comment viewer
- 38:24 Lab management product, part of VSTS
43:06 Section 2: Building Web Applications
- 44:02 Test-Driven-Development in VS
- 45:28 Generate from Usage
- 48:15 Snippets for ASP.Net & HTML
- 49:34 JQuery incorporated into VS (IntelliSense, script blocks)
- 51:48 Config transforms
55:26 Section 3: Creating Office Business Applications
- Much improved tooling for Sharepoint
- 60:51 Removal of VB Line Continuation Character
64:09 Section 4: Using the Power of C++
- 65:44 Windows 7
- 68:23 Performance logging (shows CPU utilization and threads)
- 69:50 Parallel Computing
- 71:32 Lambda support
- 72:30 Quick Search
- 72:46 Ribbon Support (was released out-of-band before)
- 73:33 Multi-touch support in Windows 7

Panel: Developers moving to VB.Net for projects using XML (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:54:00 GMT

Visual Basic 9.0 introduces a feature called XML Literals, which makes programming against XML a lot more natural, and dramatically decreases the number of lines of code you need to write. In fact, it makes working with XML in Visual Basic *so* much easier that many C# developers are moving to VB.Net for their XML work! To learn more about this phenomenon, watch the following panel from TechEd US, entitled:

"VB XML Literals for C# developers or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Dim"

TechEd Barcelona: Session Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:33:00 GMT

I'm here at TechEd Barcelona, and the week has gotten off to a great start. Jason Zander did the keynote this afternoon, and announced lots of great tooling support that will be included in Visual Studio 2010! Exciting stuff.

I have 4 sessions here, starting tomorrow. I've attached the materials at the end of this post, in case you want to follow along during the talks!

TLA325 Conquering XML with Visual Basic 9.0

*CLICK HERE FOR SESSION MATERIALS*

Tuesday, November 11 09:00 - 10:15, Room 121

Primary Speaker(s): Lisa Feigenbaum

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Level: 300 - Advanced

Session Type: Breakout Session

Abstract: XML is used in most modern applications; business documents, configuration files, object serialization, SOAP, RSS and Open XML are just a few examples. Even your Visual Studio project files and configuration settings are XML files. However, XML processing currently requires you to learn a new set of concepts and its text-based format is not easy to deal with programmatically... until now! In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML you're trying to manipulate. In this session you will learn how to easily create, query and transform XML with Visual Basic's powerful yet easy to use syntax. We will discuss features like XML IntelliSense, XML literals, embedded expressions and using language constructs instead of a DOM to navigate the XML hierarchy. In addition, we'll explore tips, tricks and "gotchas". Say goodbye to XSLT and hello to Visual Basic 9!

TLA304 Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks

*CLICK HERE FOR SESSION MATERIALS*

Tuesday, November 11 13:30 - 14:45, Room 119 (DEV)

Primary Speaker(s): Lisa Feigenbaum

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Level: 300 - Advanced

Session Type: Breakout Session

Abstract: In this session, learn how to turn yourself into a Visual Basic 2008 guru with the new language and IDE features. Tips and tricks covered include how to maximize your IntelliSense experience, leverage Refactoring features and improve the performance of your query and XML code. We go deep into integrated XML and show you how to navigate XML gotchas and express what you wish in fewer lines of code. With respect to LINQ, we explore best practices, pitfalls to avoid and answer the most frequently asked questions.

TLA02-IS Meet the Microsoft Visual Basic Team

Wednesday, November 12 09:00 - 10:15, Room 132

Primary Speaker(s): Jonathan Aneja, Lisa Feigenbaum, Karen Liu, Paul Yuknewicz

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Level: 200 - Intermediate

Session Type: Interactive Session

Abstract: Join members of the Visual Basic team as we discuss Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and plans for our next release of Visual Basic. This is a good opportunity to get to know team members, to ask questions, give suggestions and ask for guidance. Come prepared to chat, to listen, to ask questions and to laugh.

TLA06-IS Microsoft Visual Studio Languages Chat

Wednesday, November 12 10:45 - 12:00, Room 128

Primary Speaker(s): Jonathan Aneja, Ale Contenti, Lisa Feigenbaum, Curt Hagenlocher, Luke Hoban, Marian Luparu, Tarek Madkour, Mads Torgersen, Paul Yuknewicz

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Session Type: Interactive Session

Abstract: In this session, we will discuss Microsoft’s core languages (Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++), functional language (F#) and dynamic languages (IronRuby and IronPython). Each language has its own style and advantages. Come chat with representatives from the Microsoft Visual Studio product teams, bring your questions, and get ready for a fun discussion!

Ask the Experts:

My time slot is Wednesday, November 12 at 12:45-13:15. Hope to see you there!

Where is the VB Team going to be over the next few months? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:26:00 GMT

We have quite a few trips coming up over the next couple months, and we want to connect with you while we’re on the road. Here is our plan. Let us know where we can find you. ;-)

October 6-7, 2008

Software Development Conference 2008: http://www.sdc.nl/

Beth Massi

October 8-10, 2008

TechEd Hong Kong: http://www.microsoft.com/hk/technet/teched2008/

Karen Liu

October 21-23, 2008

OOPSLA: http://www.oopsla.org/oopsla2008/

Dustin Campbell

October 27-30, 2008

Professional Developers Conference: http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

Paul Vick

Dustin Campbell

Lisa Feigenbaum

Alex Turner

November 8-9, 2008

Silicon Valley Code Camp: http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com

Tim Ng

Beth Massi

November 10-13, 2008

DevConnections: http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008VS/default.asp?c=1&s=121

Lucian Wischik

Jay Schmelzer

Christin Boyd

John Stallo

November 10-14, 2008

TechEd EMEA: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/

Jonathan Aneja

Lisa Feigenbaum

Karen Liu

Paul Yuknewicz

John Durant

November 17-20, 2008

Spain user group tour, Barcelona to Madrid

Jonathan Aneja

Lisa Feigenbaum

November 19-20, 2008

TechSummit Berlin: http://www.technical-summit.de

Paul Yuknewicz

John Durant

December 1-2, 2008

DevTeach Montreal: http://www.devteach.com/

Beth Massi

January 7-9, 2009

Code Mash: http://www.codemash.org/

Dustin Campbell

Finally, you can also find us at the .Net Developers Association meeting in Bellevue, Washington the fourth Monday night each month. http://netda.net

Malay Mail coverage of TechEd SouthEast Asia (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Here's a brief addition to my Visual Basic Around the World post... This one's for the folks in SouthEast Asia. The TechEd MVP and Speaker dinner made it into the local Malaysian paper. You can see a copy of the article below. The theme was "Bling-tastic!". I'm at the bottom left with other international speakers: David Tesar, Steve Riley, and Ronald Beekelaar.

Visual Basic and CSharp IDEs Uncensored (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Interested in hearing about what the Visual Basic and CSharp program managers *really* think about the two IDEs? Come join Karen Liu and me as we chat about the goals, similarities and differences of the VB & C# IDEs. We also discuss our favorite features and where we think IDEs are going in the future. This talk was recorded at TechEd North America 2008 Developers conference. The video is posted at the TechEd Online Library. You can also find a direct link here.

Visual Basic at TechEd SouthEast Asia (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:29:00 GMT

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:

TLA 314 - Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks

TLA 323 - Best Practices for the VB9.0 and CSharp 3.0 Features that Make LINQ Work

TLA 335 - Conquering XML with Visual Basic 9.0

And now, some pictures below. :)

Visual Basic at TechEd South Africa 2008 (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:22:00 GMT

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 abstracts, powerpoints, and solutions. That resource page is available here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/tesalf/

More details on the individual sessions are below. Please click the talk names to view their downloadable materials.

DEV311 - Visual Basic 2008 Tips and Tricks

Abstract: In this session, learn how to turn yourself into a Visual Basic 2008 guru with the new language and IDE features. Tips and tricks covered include how to maximize your IntelliSense experience, leverage Refactoring features, and improve the performance of your query and XML code. We go deep into integrated XML and show you how to navigate XML gotchas and express what you wish in fewer lines of code. With respect to LINQ, we explore best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and answers to most frequently asked questions.

DEV312 - Best Practices for the VB9.0 and CSharp 3.0 Features that Make LINQ Work

Abstract: VB 9.0 and C# 3.0 introduce a number of new language features such as anonymous types, lambda expressions, extension methods, local type inference and more. These are all features that can help improve your code; however, they also present new opportunities to make mistakes. This talk explains how to use and how not to use the new features of VB and C#. Each feature will be introduced with a small example, and you should be able to follow even if you’re not already familiar with it. Finally, the talk will culminate by showing how all these features come together in the VB and C# compilers to enable the most powerful language feature in the 2008 release: LINQ!

This talk was adapted from a presentation by Charlie Calvert. To view LINQ content from Charlie, please see his LINQ Farm resource page.

DEV313 - Conquering XML with Visual Basic 9.0

Abstract: XML is used in most modern applications. Business documents, configuration files, object serialization, SOAP, RSS, and Office Open XML are just a few examples. Even your Visual Studio project files and configuration settings are XML files. However, XML processing currently requires you to learn a new set of concepts, and its text-based format is not easy to deal with programmatically… until now! In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML you're trying to manipulate. In this session you’ll learn how to easily create, query and transform XML with Visual Basic’s powerful yet easy to use syntax. We’ll discuss features like XML IntelliSense, XML literals, embedded expressions and using language constructs instead of a DOM to navigate the XML hierarchy. In addition, we’ll explore tips, tricks, and “gotchas”. Say goodbye to XSLT and hello to Visual Basic 9!

This talk was adapted from a presentation by Beth Massi. To view Beth's webcast, please click here.

CNT01 - Q&A: .Net, A Multi-Language Platform

Abstract: Lisa, the Microsoft program manager for Visual Basic’s Editor and Debugger, and Bart de Smet, former Visual C# MVP, will share their thoughts on .NET Languages and give you ample time for questions. Come prepared to chat, to listen, to ask questions, and to laugh.

TechEd US 2008: Presentation Materials for TLA325 (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:11:00 GMT

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.

Thanks!
Lisa

Come hear about VB 2008 Tips & Tricks at TechEd US! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

VBTeam — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:46:00 GMT

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

Wednesday, June 4 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM, S220 E

Speaker(s): Amanda Silver

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Level: 300 - Advanced

Session Type: Breakout Session

LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a key platform innovation introduced with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, which brings SQL-style query expressions into Visual Basic and Visual C#, enabling you to describe what data to reason about instead of how to access the data. In this session, by taking a much closer look at the language features that enable LINQ-enabled frameworks, we uncover tips, tricks, gotchas and best practices for writing queries that will help you write robust, high-performing, maintainable business applications more quickly. In addition to gaining a solid understanding of LINQ for data access, you’ll also leave this session with a clear understanding of how query and the individual language features can be leveraged in other parts of your application to write less code.

TLA325 Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 IDE Tips and Tricks

Wednesday, June 4 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM, S320 E

Speaker(s): Lisa Feigenbaum

Track(s): Developer Tools and Languages

Level: 300 - Advanced

Session Type: Breakout Session

In this session, learn how to turn yourself into a Visual Basic 2008 guru with the new language and IDE features. Tips and tricks covered include how to maximize your IntelliSense experience, leverage Refactoring features, and improve the performance of your query and XML code. We go deep into integrated XML and show you how to navigate XML gotchas and express what you wish in fewer lines of code. With respect to LINQ, we explore best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and answers to most frequently asked questions.