http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Beth Massi's Channel9 Interviews of team members working on Visual Studio, showing off their favorite features. For more business application developer content check out the VSTO and VB Developer Centers, the VSTO Team and VB Team blogs, and of course my blog! http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/en-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:30:40 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:30:40 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/10cc51f9-4820-4db2-af99-0ba6d79da15f/" border="0" />Mike Morton is back at it again, this time showing how easy it is to develop, package and deploy a Silverlight WebPart to SharePoint 2010. He also walks us through the solution, package and file properties available to you in Visual Studio 2010. You'll see me giggling in this one because I can't believe how easy it is. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information on SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 please see:</p> <ul> <li> <div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs</a> </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Samples</a>  </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx" target="_blank">SharePoint 2010 Development Resources</a>  </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Team Blog</a> </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Development in Visual Studio Team Blog</a> </div> </li> </ul> <p>Also if you missed them, check out these interviews as well:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">Overview of SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010</a> </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Importing-SharePoint-Solution-Packages-WSP-into-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">Importing SharePoint Solution Packages (WSP) into Visual Studio 2010</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/SharePoint-Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">SharePoint Feature and Package Designers in Visual Studio 2010</a> </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-SharePoint-Business-Data-Connectivity-Designer-in-VS-2010/id=">Using the SharePoint Business Data Connectivity Designer in VS 2010 </a><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-SharePoint-Business-Data-Connectivity-Designer-in-VS-2010/id="></a></li> </ul> <p>And <b>please</b> <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprerelease/threads" target="_blank">give us your feedback in the SharePoint Development Forums</a>! <br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/508698/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Implementing-a-Silverlight-SharePoint-WebPart-with-Visual-Studio-2010/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Implementing-a-Silverlight-SharePoint-WebPart-with-Visual-Studio-2010/Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:28:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/8/9/6/8/0/5/MikeSLSPWebPart_2MB_ch9.wmv10253http://channel9.msdn.com/508698/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Mike Morton is back at it again, this time showing how easy it is to develop, package and deploy a Silverlight WebPart to SharePoint 2010. He also walks us through the solution, package and file properties available to you in Visual Studio 2010. You'll see me giggling in this one because I can't believe how easy it is...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Implementing-a-Silverlight-SharePoint-WebPart-with-Visual-Studio-2010/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/508698/Trackback.aspxSharepointSharepoint 2010 BetaVisual StudioVisual Studio 2010<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/1e848b74-cc9c-4312-a3c7-636b1741ce56/" border="0" /><p>This time I interview a good friend of mine, Boris Scholl, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team building tools for SharePoint development. Boris shows off the new Business Data Connectivity designer in Visual Studio 2010 and how it allows you to describe data coming from multiple data sources and how to work with them in SharePoint. He builds a master/detail association across entities coming from separate data sources (a database and a service) and demonstrates how the entities can be displayed and edited. </p> <p>For more information on SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 please see:</p> <ul> <li> <div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs</a> </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Samples</a>  </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx" target="_blank">SharePoint 2010 Development Resources</a>  </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Team Blog</a> </div> </li> <li> <div><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Development in Visual Studio Team Blog</a> </div> </li> </ul> <p>Also if you missed them, check out these interviews as well:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank"><b>Overview of SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010</b></a> </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Importing-SharePoint-Solution-Packages-WSP-into-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">Importing SharePoint Solution Packages (WSP) into Visual Studio 2010</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/SharePoint-Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">SharePoint Feature and Package Designers in Visual Studio 2010</a> </li> </ul> <p>And <b>please</b> <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprerelease/threads" target="_blank">give us your feedback in the SharePoint Development Forums</a>! <br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/507644/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-SharePoint-Business-Data-Connectivity-Designer-in-VS-2010/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-SharePoint-Business-Data-Connectivity-Designer-in-VS-2010/Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:07:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/4/4/6/7/0/5/BorisVSSharePointBDCDesigner_2MB_ch9.wmv24583http://channel9.msdn.com/507644/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0This time I interview a good friend of mine, Boris Scholl, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team building tools for SharePoint development. Boris shows off the new Business Data Connectivity designer in Visual Studio 2010 and how it allows you to describe data coming from multiple data sources and how to work with them in SharePoint. He builds a master/detail association across entities coming from separate data sources (a database and a service) and demonstrates how the entities can be displayed and edited...Beth Massi1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-SharePoint-Business-Data-Connectivity-Designer-in-VS-2010/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/507644/Trackback.aspxSharepointSharepoint 2010 BetaVisual StudioVisual Studio 2010<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/bd817218-0c55-4ce1-adef-e790d8827174/" border="0" />In this interview I sit down with Lily Ma, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team building tools for SharePoint development. Lily shows off the new SharePoint feature and package designers in Visual Studio 2010 and how they make packaging up and deploying your SharePoint customizations easy. As she dives deeper into the tools, she also demonstrates the flexibility and control you have in specifying what features go in what packages across projects in your solution as well as how to modify the manifests to meet a variety of developer needs. <br /> <br /> <p>Also if you missed it, check out <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/" target="_blank">Overview of SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010</a>. </p> <p>For more information on SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 please see:</p> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs </a><a href="http:///"></a></li> <li><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010"></a><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Samples</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx" target="_blank">SharePoint 2010 Development Resources </a>  </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Team Blog</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Development in Visual Studio Team Blog</a>  <p>And <b>please</b> <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprerelease/threads" target="_blank">give us your feedback in the SharePoint Development Forums</a>! </p> <p>Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community</p> </li><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/507513/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/SharePoint-Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/SharePoint-Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/3/1/5/7/0/5/LilyFeaturePackageDesigners_2MB_ch9.wmv35576http://channel9.msdn.com/507513/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this interview I sit down with Lily Ma, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team building tools for SharePoint development. Lily shows off the new SharePoint feature and package designers in Visual Studio 2010 and how they make packaging up and deploying your SharePoint customizations easy. As she dives deeper into the tools, she also demonstrates the flexibility and control you have in specifying what features go in what packages across projects in your solution as well as how to modify the manifests to meet a variety of developer needs...Beth Massi1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/SharePoint-Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/507513/Trackback.aspxSharepointSharepoint 2010 BetaVisual StudioVisual Studio 2010<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/e6d47029-a390-4afd-8b98-2c2cc9ea66ed/" border="0" />In this interview I sit down with Saaid Khan, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio team developing tools for SharePoint development. Saaid shows us the WSP Import Wizard in Visual Studio 2010 that allows developers to take SharePoint Solution packages developed with SharePoint Designer and bring them into Visual Studio 2010 to further customize them there. <br /> <br /> For a good overview of SharePoint tools in VS2010, also check out <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/id=">Overview of SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010</a>.<br /> <br /> For more information on SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 please check out:<br /> <br /> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx" target="_blank">SharePoint 2010 Development Resources </a><a href="http://" target="_blank"></a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs </a><a href="http://" target="_blank"></a></li> <li><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Samples</a><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank"></a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Team Blog</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Development in Visual Studio Team Blog</a> <br /> <br /> <p>And <b>please</b> <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprerelease/threads" target="_blank">give us your feedback in the SharePoint Development Forums</a>! </p> <p>Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community </p> </li><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/507193/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Importing-SharePoint-Solution-Packages-WSP-into-Visual-Studio-2010/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Importing-SharePoint-Solution-Packages-WSP-into-Visual-Studio-2010/Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/3/9/1/7/0/5/SaaidWSPImport_2MB_ch9.wmv23271http://channel9.msdn.com/507193/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this interview I sit down with Saaid Khan, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio team developing tools for SharePoint development. Saaid shows us the WSP Import Wizard in Visual Studio 2010 that allows developers to take SharePoint Solution packages developed with SharePoint Designer and bring them into Visual Studio 2010 to further customize them there...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Importing-SharePoint-Solution-Packages-WSP-into-Visual-Studio-2010/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/507193/Trackback.aspxSharepointSharepoint 2010 BetaVisual StudioVisual Studio 2010<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/83262a55-2a1c-4575-875a-6c1f4eb60898/" border="0" />In this interview I catch up with Mike Morton, a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio team developing tools for SharePoint development. Mike gives us a great introduction and overview of these tools from the Visual Studio Developer perspective.<br /> <br /> Mike shows us how easy it is to build, package, deploy and debug SharePoint 2010 customizations by walking through a site workflow, event receiver, visual web part, the feature and package designers as well as other goodies. This is a great intro for Visual Studio developers looking to get into SharePoint development, but seasoned SharePoint developers will also appreciate the new tools presented here. <br /> <br /> For more information on SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 please check out:<br /> <br /> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx" target="_blank">SharePoint 2010 Development Resources </a><a href="http://" target="_blank"></a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs </a><a href="http://" target="_blank"></a></li> <li><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank">SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Samples</a><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010" target="_blank"></a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" target="_blank">SharePoint Team Blog</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Development in Visual Studio Team Blog</a> <p> </p> <p>And <strong>please</strong> <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprerelease/threads" target="_blank">give us your feedback in the SharePoint Development Forums</a>! </p> <p>Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community </p> </li><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/506618/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:44:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/8/1/6/6/0/5/MikeSPOverview_2MB_ch9.wmv26620http://channel9.msdn.com/506618/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this interview I catch up with Mike Morton, a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio team developing tools for SharePoint development. Mike gives us a great introduction and overview of these tools from the Visual Studio Developer perspective. Mike shows us how easy it is to build, package, deploy and debug SharePoint 2010 customizations by walking through a site workflow, event receiver, visual web part, the feature and package designers as well as other goodies. This is a great intro for Visual Studio developers looking to get into SharePoint development, but seasoned SharePoint…Beth Massi4http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Overview-of-SharePoint-Development-in-Visual-Studio-2010/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/506618/Trackback.aspxSharepointSharepoint 2010 BetaVisual StudioVisual Studio 2010<img src="http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/2/6/6/1/9/4/PaulVB6_85_ch9.png" border="0" /><p>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.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788708.aspx" id="ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl01" target="_blank"><b>Read the Official Support Statement on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP</b></a></p> <p>Visit the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788233.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Basic 6 Migration </a>page on the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/default.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Basic 6 Resource Center</a> for tools and information on how to plan and execute a gradual, phased migration to .NET.</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/491662/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy/Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:47:00 GMThttp://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/2/6/6/1/9/4/PaulVB6_2MB_ch9.wmv36876http://channel9.msdn.com/491662/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Paul 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...Beth Massi13http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/What-is-Microsofts-Visual-Basic-6-Support-Strategy/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/491662/Trackback.aspxVB TeamVisual BasicVisual Studio<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/bdf89d10-4dff-4926-b6c2-085283ee6ea6/" border="0" />Ever wonder what <em>really </em>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. ;-)<br /> <br /> Check out <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/Jonathan+Aneja/default.aspx" target="_blank">Jonathan on the VB Team Blog</a>.<br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/480192/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008/Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:13:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/9/1/0/8/4/JonAnejaLINQDeepDive_2MB_ch9.wmv54963http://channel9.msdn.com/480192/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Ever wonder what <em>really</em> 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...Beth Massi10http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/LINQ-Language-Deep-Dive-with-Visual-Studio-2008/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/480192/Trackback.aspxCompilersLINQVB TeamVB.NETVisual StudioVS 2008<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/1/4/2/5/7/4/IMAVBJDuffy_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=32B9FCD7-AFE0-4F15-8433-06EF308B13CC" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475241/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/1/4/2/5/7/4/IMAVBJDuffy_2MB_ch9.wmv6079http://channel9.msdn.com/475241/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more.<br /> <br /> Jim Duffy 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 <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-5.gif' alt='Wink' /> Jim's a great sport and there are some definite gems in here...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Jim-Duffy-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475241/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/2/2/5/7/4/IMAVBKenGetz_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=6819AAFC-BEBD-429D-B22B-D8F2CBD0F41A" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475222/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/2/2/5/7/4/IMAVBKenGetz_2MB_ch9.wmv6360http://channel9.msdn.com/475222/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Ken-Getz-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475222/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/2/2/5/7/4/IMAVBBillWolff_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=EFACCE1E-781F-45E9-A15D-22A07639500C" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475226/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/2/2/5/7/4/IMAVBBillWolff_2MB_ch9.wmv5025http://channel9.msdn.com/475226/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> In this interview I meet up with Bill Wolff, Visual Basic MVP, 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.<br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Wolff-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475226/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/8/1/2/5/7/4/IMAVBWindsor_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=DB17DD56-DBFF-4992-BD11-9E047D691F2A" target="_blank">MVP bio</a> and <a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/windsor/" target="_blank">blog</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475218/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/8/1/2/5/7/4/IMAVBWindsor_2MB_ch9.wmv5478http://channel9.msdn.com/475218/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> Here 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 <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-5.gif' alt='Wink' /><br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Rob-Windsor-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475218/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/5/1/2/5/7/4/IMAVBStan_small_ch9.png" border="0" /><p>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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=1D140711-50D1-4B32-9BD8-C84BE7FC0B3F" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475215/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/5/1/2/5/7/4/IMAVBStan_2MB_ch9.wmv5014http://channel9.msdn.com/475215/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Stan-Schultes-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475215/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/9/1/5/7/4/IMAVBVaughn_small_ch9.png" border="0" /><p>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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=D434C2C4-298D-4FCA-976E-CC905739C1DF" target="_blank">MVP bio </a>and <a href="http://betav.com/blog/billva/" target="_blank">blog</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475190/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/9/1/5/7/4/IMAVBVaughn_2MB_ch9.wmv5716http://channel9.msdn.com/475190/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi2http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Bill-Vaughn-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475190/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBKurata_small_ch9.png" border="0" />While at one of the MVP summit parties I coaxed Deborah Kurata, Visual Basic MVP (and my <a href="http://www.baynetug.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&amp;tabid=26" target="_blank">local UG leader</a>), 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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=147F302B-2728-4CDC-BA4A-27F3885B6EDE" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475186/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBKurata_2MB_ch9.wmv6959http://channel9.msdn.com/475186/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> While at one of the MVP summit parties I coaxed Deborah Kurata, Visual Basic MVP, 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. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Deborah-Kurata-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475186/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBLandry_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=7979A628-EE7A-40E9-BD17-D10B0699E4AC" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475182/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:22:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBLandry_2MB_ch9.wmv5774http://channel9.msdn.com/475182/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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 <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-5.gif' alt='Wink' />. It was a fun trip down memory lane.<br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Nick-Landry-Windows-Mobile-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475182/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBDelSole_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/msdn.alessandro.del.sole.aspx" target="_blank">Alessandro on the Dev Center</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475180/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:22:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/0/8/1/5/7/4/IMAVBDelSole_2MB_ch9.wmv7706http://channel9.msdn.com/475180/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Alessandro-Del-Sole-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475180/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/7/1/5/7/4/IMAVBJLerman_small_ch9.png" border="0" />While at one of the MVP summit parties I grabbed Julie Lerman, Visual Basic MVP and <a href="http://learnentityframework.com/" target="_blank">Entity Framework expert</a>, 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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=6A5328D1-17B7-4296-9CA8-FEF34C51BA6E" target="_blank">MVP bio </a>and <a href="http://thedatafarm.com/blog/" target="_blank">blog</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475176/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:21:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/7/1/5/7/4/IMAVBJLerman_2MB_ch9.wmv5071http://channel9.msdn.com/475176/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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 <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-1.gif' alt='Smiley' />. <br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Julie-Lerman-Visual-Basic-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475176/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/6/0/5/7/4/IMAVBTom_small_ch9.png" border="0" />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 <a href="http://www.kinetik-it.com/" target="_blank">his company</a> build business applications for his customers. Check out Tom's <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=AA94EF4B-353A-48A6-A37A-35EDD6DE1A39" target="_blank">MVP bio</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.imavb.net/"><b>www.IMaVB.net</b></a>.<br /> <b><br /> About the “I’m a VB” Interview series:<br /> </b>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!<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475066/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:21:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/6/6/0/5/7/4/IMAVBTom_2MB_ch9.wmv4105http://channel9.msdn.com/475066/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs using Visual Basic what kinds of applications they’re building, what other technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> For more interviews and to comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear, visit the VB Team blog...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-Tom-van-Stiphout-Access-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475066/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/6/0/5/7/4/IMAVBWilliam_small_ch9.png" border="0" /><p>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!<br /> <br /> 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 <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=0734BE44-200C-464B-91F9-746C25E7DE02">MVP bio</a> and <a href="http://blog.bartholomew.id.au/">blog</a>. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d" target="_blank"><b>Post your own story</b></a> and/or comment with your own experiences for the VB Team to hear on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/06/26/i-m-a-vb.aspx" target="_blank"><b>VB Team blog</b></a>. For more fun interviews visit <a href="http://www.IMaVB.net"><strong>www.IMaVB.net</strong></a>.</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/475063/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:20:00 GMThttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/3/6/0/5/7/4/IMAVBWilliam_2MB_ch9.wmv5173http://channel9.msdn.com/475063/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At the MVP summit this year we asked MVPs what kinds of applications they’re building, what technologies they’re using, what their favorite features are, and more. <br /> <br /> 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...Beth Massi0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Im-a-VB-Interview-William-Bartholomew-Team-System-MVP/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/475063/Trackback.aspxMVPVB Team<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/9a439330-11eb-458b-807e-3af17b50ee68/" border="0" />Ever wonder how we build Visual Studio and the .NET Framework? I mean literally. You know, the build process that spits out a product at the other end?  Well I sure did and it's not just hitting F5 people ;-). In this interview I sit down with <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/Matt+Gertz/default.aspx" target="_blank">Matt Gertz, frequent VB blogger</a> and also the guy in charge of the builds in Developer Division (he has a long title, but I forget what it is :-)). He explains how the build and test processes work on a team of two thousand people all on Team Foundation Server. I must say it's pretty darn impressive. Many thanks to Matt for taking time out of his busy schedule to do this interview! <br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/470172/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/How-We-Do-It-Building-the-Visual-Studio-Product-Line/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/How-We-Do-It-Building-the-Visual-Studio-Product-Line/Fri, 22 May 2009 14:41:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/0/8/6/08671109-4B72-4E34-8470-680C8918E907/MattGertzVS10.wmv46026http://channel9.msdn.com/470172/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Ever wonder how we build Visual Studio and the .NET Framework? I mean literally. You know, the build process that spits out a product at the other end?  Well I sure did and it's not just hitting F5 people <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-5.gif' alt='Wink' />. In this interview I sit down with Matt Gertz, frequent VB blogger and also the guy in charge of the builds in Developer Division (he has a long title, but I forget what it is <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-1.gif' alt='Smiley' />). He explains how the build and test processes work on a team of two thousand people all on Team Foundation Server…Beth Massi8http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/How-We-Do-It-Building-the-Visual-Studio-Product-Line/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/470172/Trackback.aspxTeam Foundation ServerVisual Studio<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/60bc0998-5999-44ad-bd53-cd553935d52b/" border="0" />In this interview I sit down again with Saurabh Bhatia, a Program Manager on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto" target="_blank">Office Client team</a>, who is responsible for the ClickOnce publishing functionality in Visual Studio. We chat about trust issues and certificates and he sets me straight on how ClickOnce deployment and application manifests work. He then shows how to re-sign them outside of Visual Studio using a tool called <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/acz3y3te.aspx" target="_blank">Mage</a>. This is really handy for folks that need to modify the files within a deployment package, like the application settings (app.config) file, but don't have Visual Studio installed. <br /> <br /> Saurabh draws on the whiteboard in this one and since I'm a one (wo)man show I couldn't jump up and zoom in so I <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/bethmassi/images/9537238/original.aspx" target="_blank">redrew it for you all here</a>. <br /> <br /> Saurabh has also posted <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/archive/2009/04/29/signing-and-re-signing-manifests-in-clickonce.aspx" target="_blank">more details in an article he wrote here</a>.<br /> <br /> Links from the show:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/archive/2009/04/29/signing-and-re-signing-manifests-in-clickonce.aspx" target="_blank">Signing and re-signing manifests in ClickOnce</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/acz3y3te.aspx" target="_blank">Mage</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto">Office Client (VSTO) Team blog <li><a href="http://msdn.com/vsto">VSTO Developer Center</a> </li> </a></li> </ul> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/464280/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Resigning-ClickOnce-Application-and-Deployment-Manifests-with-MAGE/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Resigning-ClickOnce-Application-and-Deployment-Manifests-with-MAGE/Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:12:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/2/D4277241-44B2-48DC-89B5-32DCC091171D/SaurabhMage.wmv30608http://channel9.msdn.com/464280/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this interview I sit down again with Saurabh Bhatia, a Program Manager on the Office Client team, who is responsible for the ClickOnce publishing functionality in Visual Studio. We chat about trust issues and certificates and he sets me straight on how deployment and application manifests work. He then shows how to re-sign them outside of Visual Studio using a tool called Mage. This is really handy for folks that need to modify the files within a deployment package, like the application settings (app.config) file, but don't have Visual Studio installed....<br />Beth Massi3http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Resigning-ClickOnce-Application-and-Deployment-Manifests-with-MAGE/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/464280/Trackback.aspxDeploymentVisual StudioVSTO<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/d7afcea7-fc05-4af2-9473-ef1d0d486db6/" border="0" />In this interview, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/Tyler+Whitney/default.aspx" target="_blank">Tyler Whitney</a>, 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.  <br /> <br /> Yes it's true, many underscores are unemployed so the team has created a support group for them at <a href="http://www.unemployedunderscores.com/" target="_blank">www.unemployedunderscores.com</a> :-)<br /> <br /> For more information, check out <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/03/27/implicit-line-continuation-in-vb-10-tyler-whitney.aspx" target="_blank">Tyler's post on the VB Team blog</a>.<br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/462516/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10/Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:59:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/2/D4277241-44B2-48DC-89B5-32DCC091171D/UnemployedUnderscores.wmv32721http://channel9.msdn.com/462516/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In this interview, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/Tyler+Whitney/default.aspx" target="_blank">Tyler Whitney</a>, 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.  <br /> <br /> For more information, check out <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2009/03/27/implicit-line-continuation-in-vb-10-tyler-whitney.aspx" target="_blank">Tyler's post on the VB Team blog</a>....Beth Massi5http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/No-More-Underscrores-in-Visual-Basic-10/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/462516/Trackback.aspxVB TeamVB.NETVisual Studio<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/429d8cf5-b890-4c43-9bf1-c02af0c1b179/" border="0" />At the MVP Summit a few weeks ago, Italian MVP <a href="http://community.visual-basic.it/AlessandroEnglish">Alessandro del Sole</a> was so excited about the new WPF features in Visual Studio 2010 that he asked me if he could interview <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/tags/Milind+Lele/default.aspx" target="_blank">Milind Lele</a> himself to get the low-down -- I said sure! <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Also check out Milind's <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2008/11/19/drag-drop-data-binding-for-wpf-in-visual-studio-2010-milind-lele.aspx" target="_blank">blog post on this topic</a> for more information. <br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/462231/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps/Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:01:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/2/D4277241-44B2-48DC-89B5-32DCC091171D/MilindAlessandroWPFData.wmv38139http://channel9.msdn.com/462231/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0At 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! In this interview they chat 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.Beth Massi12http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/WPF-Improvements-in-Visual-Studio-2010-for-Building-Business-Apps/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/462231/Trackback.aspxVB TeamVB.NETVisual StudioWPF<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/a48dabf6-94cd-44d0-a3b2-a720921d9d6c/" border="0" />The <a href="http://touchless.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">Touchless SDK </a>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 <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vbtouchless" target="_blank">game they developed using Visual Basic 9 </a>in Visual Studio 2008. I almost got my block knocked off playing the game but you'll see how it was worth it ;-)<br /> <br /> For additional information mentioned in the video check out:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li> <div>Touchless SDK: <a href="http://touchless.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">http://touchless.codeplex.com/</a></div> </li> <li> <div>SDK Video: <a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=a89a217b-fc38-4a6c-87f8-ab59a2028391" target="_blank">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=a89a217b-fc38-4a6c-87f8-ab59a2028391</a></div> </li> <li> <div>VB Game Source code: <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vbtouchless" target="_blank">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vbtouchless</a></div> </li> <li> <div>VB Team Blog: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam</a></div> </li> <li> <div>VB Dev Center: <a href="http://msdn.com/vbasic" target="_blank">http://msdn.com/vbasic</a></div> </li> <li> <div>Office Labs: <a href="http://www.officelabs.com/" target="_blank">http://www.officelabs.com/</a></div> </li> </ul> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi" target="_blank">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/461828/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic/Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:16:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/2/D4277241-44B2-48DC-89B5-32DCC091171D/TouchlessSDK.wmv26387http://channel9.msdn.com/461828/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0The <a href="http://touchless.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">Touchless SDK </a>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 <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vbtouchless" target="_blank">game they developed using Visual Basic 9 </a>in Visual Studio 2008. I almost got my block knocked off playing the game but you'll see how it was worth it...Beth Massi1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/Using-the-Touchless-SDK-with-Visual-Basic/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/461828/Trackback.aspxOfficeVB TeamVB.NETVisual Studio<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Link/a3443334-78c7-43cc-9825-d36b7e549b05/" border="0" />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 <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dmitryr/archive/2008/12/29/asp-net-mvc-view-engine-using-vb-net-xml-literals.aspx" target="_blank">from his blog here</a>.<br />  <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio Community<img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/457404/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals/Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:13:00 GMThttp://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/F/26FAA69B-933A-4148-B624-0EFC8FF5D331/VBMVC.wmv46368http://channel9.msdn.com/457404/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0In 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 <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dmitryr/archive/2008/12/29/asp-net-mvc-view-engine-using-vb-net-xml-literals.aspx" target="_blank">from his blog here</a>. <br /> <br /> Enjoy,<br /> -<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi">Beth Massi</a>, Visual Studio CommunityBeth Massi12http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/funkyonex/ASPNET-MVC-using-Visual-Basic-XML-Literals/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/457404/Trackback.aspxASP.NET MVCVB TeamVB.NETVisual BasicXML