Visual Studio Team Interviews
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Type Inference in Visual Basic with Bill HorstNov 08, 2007 at 9:20 AM| 12,849 views
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In this interview Bill Horst, a member of the Visual Basic QA team, shows us the ins and outs type inference in the newest version of Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008. He shows us how the new Option Infer works and how various types are inferred by the compiler without having to… -
Tips and Tricks with the Interop Forms ToolkitMar 04, 2008 at 4:00 PM| 12,570 views 1
In this interview, Todd Apley, Senior Test Lead on the VB Team, shows us a variety of tips and tricks with using the Interop Forms Toolkit on Visual Studio 2008. He also shows us how to deploy a hybrid application built with VB 6 and VB.NET using XCopy deployment and RegFree-COM. The… -
Brian Beckman Does Higher Algebra with Visual BasicDec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM| 11,949 views 3
In this interview, Brian Beckman, Principal Developer (currently working with Erik Meijer), attempts to teach me higher algebra using Visual Basic, generics, and operator overloading. Brian is a wonderful person and brilliant physicist and we have a lot of fun with vectors and matrices and VB. I… -
XML Properties and Enabling IntelliSenseJan 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM| 11,433 views 1
Join me and Avner Aharoni, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, as he shows us how to enable XML IntelliSense in Visual Basic using the XML to Schema Wizard. Avner shows the differences between how IntelliSense works with axis properties on XDocument and XElement objects and… -
2 minutes, 54 seconds"I'm a VB" Interview: Alessandro Del Sole, Visual Basic MVPJun 26, 2009 at 3:22 PM| 11,257 views 1
In this quick interview I grabbed Alessandro Del Sole, Visual Basic MVP, outside the convention center downtown and asked him why he's so passionate about Visual Basic. Check out Alessandro on the Dev Center. Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the… -
Refactoring in Visual Basic with Refactor!Dec 11, 2007 at 5:39 PM| 10,560 views 1
Join me and Lisa Feigenbaum, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, as she shows us how to use Refactor!, the free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that provides over 30 refactorings for Visual Basic. Lisa walks us through all the new refactorings that were added for the latest… -
XML Literals Performance and Namespaces ExplainedDec 14, 2007 at 1:54 PM| 10,281 views 0
Join me and Avner Aharoni, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, as he dives into LINQ to XML and XML Literals in Visual Basic 9 and explains namespace bubbling and the performance gains you may see using XML Literals. This is a good interview to pay attention to if you are struggling with… -
3 minutes, 35 seconds"I'm a VB" Interview: Ken Getz, Visual Basic MVPJun 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM| 9,349 views 1
In this quick interview I catch Ken Getz, Visual Basic MVP, in the cafeteria of building 34 and we chat about his experiences with Visual Basic over the years and he tells me what he likes most about Visual Basic and Visual Studio. Check out Ken's MVP bio. Post your own story and/or… -
Matt Gertz Plays Cards with Visual BasicOct 23, 2007 at 3:05 PM| 9,317 views 1
Matt Gertz, Development Manager on the Visual Basic team (well former Dev Manager, I'll let him explain ) shows off a Euchre game he's developed in Visual Basic that includes speech and sound. Matt is one of our best bloggers on the VB Team and he loves game programming as well as the VB… -
3 minutes, 50 seconds"I'm a VB" Interview: Deborah Kurata, Visual Basic MVPJun 26, 2009 at 3:23 PM| 9,187 views 0
While at one of the MVP summit parties I coaxed Deborah Kurata, Visual Basic MVP (and my local UG leader), into chatting with me about what kind of applications she builds for her customers, what her favorite features are and how long she's been using her language of choice. It was a…
