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Visual Basic 2005 is now available!

November 7, 2005 Nov 7, 2005 11/7/05
VBTeam
 Today is the official launch day of the new version of Visual Basic:  This page links to the relevant information (how to get it, what's new, etc…)http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/You can also download the FREE Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition from here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ Happy coding, Luca ...

VB Snippet Editor RTM RC Release – Lorenzo Minore

November 7, 2005 Nov 7, 2005 11/7/05
VBTeam
We just released the VB Snippet Editor RTM RC!This release includes lots of new great features:- Code Snippet treeview; lets you browse through your registered snippet directories - 'Save as .vsi' option; lets you save your snippet as a .vsi package - Code colorizers; the language keywords are colorized like inside the VB editor - ...

Code Snippets on Channel9 – Ken Levy and Lisa Feigenbaum

October 19, 2005 Oct 19, 2005 10/19/05
Lisa Feigenbaum
We’ve posted a new video on Channel9 about Code Snippets in VS2005.  Click here to check out the 38min show. Here are some of the exciting topics that you can look forward to hearing about:  ·      What code snippets are and why they were created in VB 2005.·      ...

Channel 9 Videos

September 20, 2005 Sep 20, 2005 09/20/05
VBTeam
Some videos on VB futures have been posted on Channel9 at: ·         Paul Vick and Amanda Silver - VB Language Futures: https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=116700 ·         Paul Vick and Erik Meijer - Dynamic Programming in Visual Basic ...

Downloading the VB 9.0 preview bits…

September 15, 2005 Sep 15, 2005 09/15/05
VBTeam
We've gotten asked a few times what the VB 9.0 preview bits available here work on. It works on the RC candidate that's available on the PDC CD & for download on MSDN. Enjoy! - Amanda    ...

Glory, Hope, and Fame at the PDC

September 15, 2005 Sep 15, 2005 09/15/05
VBTeam
Waiting for my ridiculously priced latte this morning (I am a Seattleite, after all) made me miss the intro to Eric’s keynote session. As I was walking toward exhibit Hall A, I noticed people conspicuously looking at me. I thought it was because I had a big LINQ button around my neck-- with everyone so excited about the technology they ...

Visual Basic — NEXT (by Amanda Silver)

September 13, 2005 Sep 13, 2005 09/13/05
VBTeam
The first preview of the next version of Visual Basic goes live this morning! I’m sitting in Bill and Jim’s keynote right now, waiting for our announcement to be made public. The release is part of the .NET Language Integrated Query Framework, code-named “project LINQ”, which allows Visual Basic (and C#) developers to ...

PDC: Where the VB team will be…

September 12, 2005 Sep 12, 2005 09/12/05
VBTeam
I'm *really* excited to be at the PDC this year. I've been to a few PDCs in the past and I think that this one is going to be the best, by far. In addition to the great demos, panels, and meet the team events, there will be a lot of buzz and discussion about the future of the language, platform, and tools. For those of you who won't be able to...

Tune in for VB @ PDC '05 this week (by PaulYuk)

September 12, 2005 Sep 12, 2005 09/12/05
VBTeam
Please check out the new post on my blog, which talks about some of the VB teams plans, content, and highlights at PDC '05 this week.  Stay tuned for announcements & updates!--Paul Yuknewiczhttp://blogs.msdn.com/pauly...

New VB StarterKits for download!

July 28, 2005 Jul 28, 2005 07/28/05
VBTeam
(posted by Adam Braden)In case you missed it, there are some sweet new Starterkits available for download.  Checkout the info in PaulY's latest post...