Channel 9 - Entries tagged with VB Team Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with VB Team http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/vb+team Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/vb+team en Sun, 26 May 2013 00:22:45 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 00:22:45 GMT Rev9 32 2 25 Multi-Targeting Deep Dive with Visual Basic 2010 Spotty Bowles, a tester on the VB compiler team, as he shows us the ins and outs of how multi-targeting works in Visual Basic projects in Visual Studio 2010. We've had multi-targeting since Visual Studio 2008, but what's tricky in 2010 is that there are now two supported versions of the CLR. Spotty shows us how to work with client and full framework profiles in Visual Studio, as well as what happens at runtime when referenced class libraries target a different profile. He also shows us how to use some of the new VB10 language features when down targeting to 2.0, and how to specify down targeting from the build command line. 

For more information, check out Spotty's article in MSDN magazine:
Multi-Targeting Visual Basic Applications in Visual Studio 2010.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Multi-Targeting-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Basic-2010 I'm back with Spotty Bowles, a tester on the VB compiler team, as he shows us the ins and outs of how multi-targeting works in Visual Basic projects in Visual Studio 2010. We've had multi-targeting since Visual Studio 2008, but what's tricky in 2010 is that there are now two supported versions of the CLR. Spotty shows us how to work with client and full framework profiles in Visual Studio, as well as what happens at runtime when referenced class libraries target a different profile. He also shows us how to use some of the new VB10 language features when down targeting to 2.0, and how to specify down targeting from the build command line. For more information, check out Spotty's article in MSDN magazine: Multi-Targeting Visual Basic Applications in Visual Studio 2010.Enjoy,-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 2363 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Multi-Targeting-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Basic-2010 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Multi-Targeting-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Basic-2010 Beth Massi Beth Massi 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Multi-Targeting-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Basic-2010/RSS Multi-targetting VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio 2010 Array and Collection Initializers in Visual Basic 2010 In this interview Spotty Bowles, a tester on the VB Compiler team, shows us a couple of new language features: Array and Collection Initializers. He gives us insight into how they are implemented in the compiler and best practices on how to use them in our code. Additionally, he discusses how to extend Collection Initializers with your own extension methods.

For more new Visual Basic language features in Visual Studio 2010 see:

Also, stop by the Visual Basic Team Blog and the Visual Basic Developer Center.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Array-and-Collection-Initializers-in-Visual-Basic-2010 In this interview Spotty Bowles, a tester on the VB Compiler team, shows us a couple of new language features: Array and Collection Initializers. He gives us insight into how they are implemented in the compiler and best practices on how to use them in our code. Additionally, he discusses how to extend Collection Initializers with your own extension methods. For more new Visual Basic language features in Visual Studio 2010 see: Article: What's New in Visual Basic 2010? Video: What’s New in Visual Basic 2010? Also, stop by the Visual Basic Team Blog and the Visual Basic Developer Center. Enjoy,-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 2071 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Array-and-Collection-Initializers-in-Visual-Basic-2010 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:32:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Array-and-Collection-Initializers-in-Visual-Basic-2010 Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Array-and-Collection-Initializers-in-Visual-Basic-2010/RSS VB Team VB.NET Visual Basic Visual Studio Visual Studio 2010 What is Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 Support Strategy? Paul Yuknewicz, Lead Program Manager on the Visual Studio team, discusses Visual Basic 6 runtime and IDE support options as well as proven techniques, tools and best practices for interoperability and gradual, phased migration to .NET.

Read the Official Support Statement on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

Visit the Visual Basic 6 Migration page on the Visual Basic 6 Resource Center for tools and information on how to plan and execute a gradual, phased migration to .NET.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy Paul Yuknewicz, Lead Program Manager on the Visual Studio team, discusses Visual Basic 6 runtime and IDE support options as well as proven techniques, tools and best practices for interoperability and gradual, phased migration to .NET. Read the Official Support Statement on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Visit the Visual Basic 6 Migration page on the Visual Basic 6 Resource Center for tools and information on how to plan and execute a gradual, phased migration to .NET. 1383 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:47:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy Beth Massi Beth Massi 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy/RSS VB Team Visual Basic Visual Studio LINQ Language Deep Dive with Visual Studio 2008 really happens when you write a simple LINQ query? A lot of new language features went into the compilers in Visual Studio 2008 to make LINQ work. In this interview I sit down with Jonathan Aneja, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Compiler team, who dives deep into these features like Type Inference, Anonymous Types, Lambda Expressions, Expressions Trees, and more. He explains what's actually happening behind the scenes and all the work the compiler is doing for you when you write a LINQ query. My head almost explodes at the end but I learned a lot of important concepts. Wink

Check out Jonathan on the VB Team Blog.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008 Ever wonder what really happens when you write a simple LINQ query? A lot of new language features went into the compilers in Visual Studio 2008 to make LINQ work. In this interview I sit down with Jonathan Aneja, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Compiler team, who dives deep into these features like Type Inference, Anonymous Types, Lambda Expressions, Expressions Trees, and more. He explains what's actually happening behind the scenes and all the work the compiler is doing for you when you write a LINQ query. My head almost explodes at the end but I learned a lot of important concepts. Check out Jonathan on the VB Team Blog. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 3422 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008 Beth Massi Beth Massi 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008/RSS Compilers LINQ VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio Visual Studio 2008 "I'm a VB" Interview: Jim Duffy, Visual Basic MVP Jim's a great sport and there are some definite gems in here. Check out Jim's MVP bio. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP Jim Duffy, Visual Basic MVP, is one of the funniest people I know. At the MVP summit I grabbed him for a quick interview on how he uses Visual Basic and his favorite features, but what I didn't realize is how many smart a$$ answers I would get from him. I got him back though -- just take a look at the sub-titles Jim's a great sport and there are some definite gems in here. Check out Jim's MVP bio.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 216 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Ken Getz, Visual Basic MVP MVP bio. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP 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 comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 215 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Rob Windsor, Visual Basic MVP . Check out Rob's MVP bio and blog.

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP I'm back at the loud brewery with Visual Basic MVP, Rob Windsor, chatting about how he got started with Visual Basic, how his applications evolved over the years, and some of the coolest applications he's built. You can hear the beer glasses clinking around at this MVP party but I think I caught Rob before we started drinking too much . Check out Rob's MVP bio and blog. Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 245 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Stan Schultes, Visual Basic MVP Stan Schultes, Visual Basic MVP, is super-passionate about Visual Basic and in this interview he describes how he got started in the industry and the manufacturing applications he builds today. I'm glad I caught up with him at the MVP summit, Stan sure had a lot of good things to say. Check out Stan's MVP bio.

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP Stan Schultes, Visual Basic MVP, is super-passionate about Visual Basic and in this interview he describes how he got started in the industry and the manufacturing applications he builds today. I'm glad I caught up with him at the MVP summit, Stan sure had a lot of good things to say. Check out Stan's MVP bio. Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 556 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Bill Vaughn, Visual Basic MVP In this interview I chat with Bill Vaughn, Visual Basic MVP and super-SQL-data-dude, over beer at a loud brewery about his experiences using Visual Basic over the years. Check out Bill's MVP bio and blog. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP In this interview I chat with Bill Vaughn, Visual Basic MVP and super-SQL-data-dude, over beer at a loud brewery about his experiences using Visual Basic over the years. Check out Bill's MVP bio and blog.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 530 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Bill Wolff, Visual Basic MVP MVP bio. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP In this interview I meet up with Bill Wolff, Visual Basic MVP, at the convention center during the MVP Summit and he tells me about the interesting applications he's built over the 30 years (!) he's been programming with some form of Basic. He also chats about the larger applications and teams he's worked on and how he managed to roll out Team System globally when he worked with UniSys. Check out Bill's MVP bio.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 269 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Deborah Kurata, Visual Basic MVP 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 fun, loud party and Deborah has a quiet voice but it's an interesting interview nonetheless. Check out Deborah's MVP bio. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP 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 fun, loud party and Deborah has a quiet voice but it's an interesting interview nonetheless. Check out Deborah's MVP bio.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 230 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Nick Landry, Windows Mobile MVP . It was a fun trip down memory lane. Check out Nick's MVP bio.

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP In this interview I sat down for coffee with Nick Landry, Windows Mobile Device Application Development MVP (that's a mouthful of title) and chatted with him about how he's used Visual Basic over the years and why he loves it. Nick likes to talk and has some great stories . It was a fun trip down memory lane. Check out Nick's MVP bio. Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 519 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Alessandro Del Sole, Visual Basic MVP Alessandro on the Dev Center.

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP 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 VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 174 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:22:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Julie Lerman, Visual Basic MVP Entity Framework expert, and asked her about her experiences using Visual Basic to build applications for her customers. It was a fun, loud party (like most MVP summit parties) but we managed Smiley. Check out Julie's MVP bio and blog. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP While at one of the MVP summit parties I grabbed Julie Lerman, Visual Basic MVP and Entity Framework expert, and asked her about her experiences using Visual Basic to build applications for her customers. It was a fun, loud party (like most MVP summit parties) but we managed . Check out Julie's MVP bio and blog.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 243 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:21:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: Tom van Stiphout, Access MVP his company build business applications for his customers. Check out Tom's MVP bio. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:
Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP In this quick interview I sit on the couch at the downtown Sheraton with Tom van Stiphout, Microsoft Access MVP, and we discuss how Visual Basic and Visual Studio help his company build business applications for his customers. Check out Tom's MVP bio.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. About the “I’m a VB” Interview series: Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! 177 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:21:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team "I'm a VB" Interview: William Bartholomew, Team System MVP Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are!

In this quick 3 minute interview I chat with William Bartholomew, a Visual Studio Team System MVP from Australia, who’s company has millions of lines of code and hundreds of developers all on VB.NET. Check out William’s MVP bio and blog. 

Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP Who’s the “typical VB.NET developer”? Is there one? There are millions of VB.NET developers in the world, and they each have their own unique story. We decided to talk to some of them to find out what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, and what their favorite features are. Watch the interviews and find out for yourself who today's VB.NET developers really are! In this quick 3 minute interview I chat with William Bartholomew, a Visual Studio Team System MVP from Australia, who’s company has millions of lines of code and hundreds of developers all on VB.NET. Check out William’s MVP bio and blog.  Post your own story and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the VB Team blog. For more fun interviews visit www.IMaVB.net. 173 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP Beth Massi Beth Massi 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP/RSS MVP VB Team No More Underscores in Visual Basic 10 Tyler Whitney, a developer on the Visual Basic compiler team, demonstrates how line termination has changed in the Visual Basic 10 compiler making underscores unnecessary as line continuation indicators. This makes your code more readable especially when writing multi-line LINQ queries.  

Yes it's true, many underscores are unemployed so the team has created a support group for them at www.unemployedunderscores.com Smiley

For more information, check out Tyler's post on the VB Team blog.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10 In this interview, Tyler Whitney, a developer on the Visual Basic compiler team, demonstrates how line termination has changed in the Visual Basic 10 compiler making underscores unnecessary as line continuation indicators. This makes your code more readable especially when writing multi-line LINQ queries.   Yes it's true, many underscores are unemployed so the team has created a support group for them at www.unemployedunderscores.com For more information, check out Tyler's post on the VB Team blog. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 1373 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10 Beth Massi Beth Massi 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10/RSS VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio WPF Improvements in Visual Studio 2010 for Building Business Apps Alessandro del Sole was so excited about the new WPF features in Visual Studio 2010 that he asked me if he could interview Milind Lele himself to get the low-down -- I said sure!

Milind is a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team. In this interview he chats with Alessandro about the new WPF improvements in Visual Studio 2010 for building business applications. This time Milind shows off the new Visual Studio UI and the new WPF data grid as he quickly builds a master-details form against an Entity Data Model using the new RAD drag-drop data binding features for WPF.

Also check out Milind's blog post on this topic for more information.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps At the MVP Summit a few weeks ago, Italian MVP Alessandro del Sole was so excited about the new WPF features in Visual Studio 2010 that he asked me if he could interview Milind Lele himself to get the low-down -- I said sure! Milind is a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team. In this interview he chats with Alessandro about the new WPF improvements in Visual Studio 2010 for building business applications. This time Milind shows off the new Visual Studio UI and the new WPF data grid as he quickly builds a master-details form against an Entity Data Model using the new RAD drag-drop data binding features for WPF. Also check out Milind's blog post on this topic for more information. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 1146 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:01:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps Beth Massi Beth Massi 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps/RSS VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio WPF Using the Touchless SDK with Visual Basic Touchless SDK enables developers to create multi-touch based applications using a webcam for input. "Touch without touching." In this interview, Touchless SDK creator Mike Wasserman and Visual Basic Spec Lead Lucian Wischik explain the project and show off a game they developed using Visual Basic 9 in Visual Studio 2008. I almost got my block knocked off playing the game but you'll see how it was worth it Wink

For additional information mentioned in the video check out:

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic The Touchless SDK enables developers to create multi-touch based applications using a webcam for input. "Touch without touching." In this interview, Touchless SDK creator Mike Wasserman and Visual Basic Spec Lead Lucian Wischik explain the project and show off a game they developed using Visual Basic 9 in Visual Studio 2008. I almost got my block knocked off playing the game but you'll see how it was worth it For additional information mentioned in the video check out: Touchless SDK: http://touchless.codeplex.com/ SDK Video: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=a89a217b-fc38-4a6c-87f8-ab59a2028391 VB Game Source code: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vbtouchless VB Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam VB Dev Center: http://msdn.com/vbasic Office Labs: http://www.officelabs.com/ Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 713 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic Beth Massi Beth Massi 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic/RSS Office VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio ASP.NET MVC using Visual Basic XML Literals from his blog here.
 
Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals In this interview Dmitry Robsman, the Product Unit Manager for ASP.NET, shows us how he implemented ASP.NET MVC views using Visual Basic's XML Literals instead of .aspx pages. He shows us how this makes coding the views much cleaner using standard OOP principals. He also makes some very interesting observations about DSLs and Visual Basic XML literals. You can download the code Dmitry shows in the interview from his blog here.   Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 1258 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals Beth Massi Beth Massi 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals/RSS ASP.NET MVC VB Team VB.NET Visual Basic XML Drag-Drop Data Binding Comes to WPF in Visual Studio 2010 Milind Lele, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team, shows us one of the new RAD improvements coming to WPF in Visual Studio 2010 -- Drag-Drop Data Binding.

Also check out his blog post on this topic for more information. His team is looking for feedback on this feature so visit the Visual Studio 2010 CTP page to download the CTP and visit the feedback forums.

Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Drag-Drop-Data-Binding-Comes-to-WPF-in-Visual-Studio-2010 In this interview Milind Lele, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team, shows us one of the new RAD improvements coming to WPF in Visual Studio 2010 -- Drag-Drop Data Binding. Also check out his blog post on this topic for more information. His team is looking for feedback on this feature so visit the Visual Studio 2010 CTP page to download the CTP and visit the feedback forums. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Drag-Drop-Data-Binding-Comes-to-WPF-in-Visual-Studio-2010 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Drag-Drop-Data-Binding-Comes-to-WPF-in-Visual-Studio-2010 Beth Massi Beth Massi 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Drag-Drop-Data-Binding-Comes-to-WPF-in-Visual-Studio-2010/RSS VB Team Visual Studio WPF Lucian Wischik and Lisa Feigenbaum: What's new in Visual Basic 10 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Lucian-Wischik-and-Lisa-Feigenbaum-Whats-new-in-Visual-Basic-10 In this demo-heavy video, Lucian shows off a number of new features in Visual Basic 10 including Collection Initializers, better Office integration, inline functions, parallel LINQ, simpler type handling, auto properties, and lots more. 1969 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Lucian-Wischik-and-Lisa-Feigenbaum-Whats-new-in-Visual-Basic-10 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Lucian-Wischik-and-Lisa-Feigenbaum-Whats-new-in-Visual-Basic-10 Dan Fernandez Dan Fernandez 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Dan/Lucian-Wischik-and-Lisa-Feigenbaum-Whats-new-in-Visual-Basic-10/RSS VB Team Visual Basic Visual Studio ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) in Visual Studio 2008 SP1
ADO.NET Data Services use WCF REST-ful services and provides all the plumbing so you can focus on the program logic by programming against a service proxy. ADO.NET Data Services allow you to easily create data services exposed on the web using URIs to point to pieces of data and simple, well-known formats to represent that data.

Saaid shows us how to create a simple service and then consume it using a Windows client via the "Add Service Reference" dialog in Visual Studio. He also walks through the client proxy methods that work with the data service.

Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ADONET-Data-Services-Astoria-in-Visual-Studio-2008-SP1 In this interview Saaid Kahn, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team, shows us how to create an n-tier application against a database using ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) and an Entity Data Model, both now available in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. ADO.NET Data Services use WCF REST-ful services and provides all the plumbing so you can focus on the program logic by programming against a service proxy. ADO.NET Data Services allow you to easily create data services exposed on the web using URIs to point to pieces of data and simple, well-known formats to represent that data. Saaid shows us how to create a simple service and then consume it using a Windows client via the "Add Service Reference" dialog in Visual Studio. He also walks through the client proxy methods that work with the data service. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ADONET-Data-Services-Astoria-in-Visual-Studio-2008-SP1 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:07:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ADONET-Data-Services-Astoria-in-Visual-Studio-2008-SP1 Beth Massi Beth Massi 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/ADONET-Data-Services-Astoria-in-Visual-Studio-2008-SP1/RSS ADO.NET ADO.NET Data Services Data Services Entity Framework VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio Meet the Visual Studio Managed Languages Development Experience Team
Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Meet-the-Visual-Studio-Managed-Languages-Development-Experience-Team In this interview I meet with the team that brings us the "experience" of coding in Visual Studio, also sometimes referred to as the VS IDE Team. I ask them how their design process works, what the top requested features are for the code editors, how they work with the language teams as well as what their favorite and hardest features are to build and test. Enjoy, -Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community 1495 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Meet-the-Visual-Studio-Managed-Languages-Development-Experience-Team Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Meet-the-Visual-Studio-Managed-Languages-Development-Experience-Team Beth Massi Beth Massi 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/Meet-the-Visual-Studio-Managed-Languages-Development-Experience-Team/RSS VB Team VB.NET Visual Basic Visual Studio LINQ to SQL and the O/R Designer in VS 2008 In this in interview Young Joo, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, talks about LINQ to SQL and the new O/R Designer in Visual Studio 2008. He demos a typical business client-server scenario and shows how LINQ to SQL classes make it much easier to work with relational data in SQL Server 2005. Young also talks about architectures where he sees using LINQ to SQL having the most benefits.

Learn more about the O\R Designer and LINQ to SQL by viewing our "How Do I" video LINQ series on the Visual Basic Developer Center.

0:00 – 2:48

Intro

2:48

Demo Starts

3:22

Create LINQ to SQL classes

7:50

Adding Stored Procs on DataContext

9:06

Setting namespaces on the entity classes and browsing the generated code

12:20

Partial Methods

15:55

Databinding to LINQ to SQL objects

18:40

Loading customer classes and lazy loading related orders

21:02

Submitting changes

24:15

Using Stored Procs when submitting changes

27:45

Writing a LINQ to SQL queries

31:55

Calling stored procs through the Datacontext

36:06

Architecture usage discussion
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-to-SQL-and-the-OR-Designer-in-VS-2008 In this in interview Young Joo, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, talks about LINQ to SQL and the new O/R Designer in Visual Studio 2008. He demos a typical business client-server scenario and shows how LINQ to SQL classes make it much easier to work with relational data in SQL Server 2005. Young also talks about architectures where he sees using LINQ to SQL having the most benefits. Learn more about the O\R Designer and LINQ to SQL by viewing our "How Do I" video LINQ series on the Visual Basic Developer Center. 0:00 – 2:48 Intro 2:48 Demo Starts 3:22 Create LINQ to SQL classes 7:50 Adding Stored Procs on DataContext 9:06 Setting namespaces on the entity classes and browsing the generated code 12:20 Partial Methods 15:55 Databinding to LINQ to SQL objects 18:40 Loading customer classes and lazy loading related orders 21:02 Submitting changes 24:15 Using Stored Procs when submitting changes 27:45 Writing a LINQ to SQL queries 31:55 Calling stored procs through the Datacontext 36:06 Architecture usage discussion http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-to-SQL-and-the-OR-Designer-in-VS-2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:53:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-to-SQL-and-the-OR-Designer-in-VS-2008 Beth Massi Beth Massi 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/LINQ-to-SQL-and-the-OR-Designer-in-VS-2008/RSS LINQ Orcas VB Team VB.NET Visual Studio