Beth Massi
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Visual Basic LINQ Video Series Started!
I just released two videos and started a new series on LINQ in Visual Basic. I'm really excited...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/13/2007
Line and Shape Controls For Visual Basic Just Released
The VB Team just released an updated version of the Visual Basic Power Packs on the VB Developer...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/13/2007
Meet the Visual Basic Team Page on MSDN
Today we updated the Visual Basic Developer Center with pictures and bios of some of the VB team...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2007
LINQ to XML Videos
I'm not the only one creating videos for the VB community. Bill Burrows has created a series of...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/07/2007
Channel9 Interview: Scott Wisniewski on Extension Methods in Visual Basic 9.0
I just posted an interview with Scott on Channel9 where he talks about extension methods, a new...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/03/2007
Forms Over Data Video Series - Two More Videos Released
I just released two more videos (#15, #16) in the Forms Over Data video series. One is on...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/01/2007
Object Binding Series - Just Added One More!
I just added a new video (#4) to the Object Binding Series on filtering your custom objects -- based...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 08/01/2007
Amanda Silver will be Presenting VB and Silverlight on Second Life!
If you haven't seen or experienced Second Life it's pretty amazing. It's an online, 3D, digital...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/30/2007
Some More Visual Basic on Channel9
I just posted a couple more videos on Channel9 that you'll definitely want to check out! Thanks...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/27/2007
Come and Get It: Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2!
Today we released Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 as well as updates to the Visual Basic Samples, Express...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/26/2007
Amanda Rocks the House!
Amanda Silver from the VB Team gave a kick butt presentation at TechReady, an internal conference...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/26/2007
Metadata Programming and LINQ
One of my favorite uses of LINQ is being able to query over metadata and use it to create flexible...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/24/2007
More Visual Basic on Channel9
I just posted Cameron McColl's Channel9 video where he talks about the performance improvements made...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/24/2007
Today: Live From Redmond Webcast - VS 2008 Performance Improvements
Join the Visual Basic team's Cameron McColl as he walks us through the performance improvements that...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/24/2007
New Community Articles on the VB Developer Center
We just got a new section started on the Visual Basic Community page that showcases donated articles...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/23/2007
Visual Basic on Channel9
I just posted a couple screen casts/interviews on Channel9 you should definitely check out. I...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/21/2007
Making our Code More Dynamic
In a previous post I showed how we could dynamically create a UI based on some XML, however the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/18/2007
An Example of Dynamic Programming in VB
I've been asked by more than a few people in the community for an example of dynamic programming...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/17/2007
LINQ Articles and More from the VB Team
In case you haven't seen them, Scott Wisniewski and Kit George both have articles in MSDN Magazine....
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/17/2007
TableAdapters and Transactions
In my last post I showed you how to save related parent-child DataTables in proper update, insert...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/11/2007
Working with TableAdapters and Related DataTables
This past couple weeks I've been asked to help out a few people in the community work through a...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/10/2007
Debugging Hybrid VB6/.NET Applications
To wrap up this series of posts on hybrid applications with the Interop Forms Toolkit, I'd like to...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/03/2007
Live From Redmond Webcast Today!
Live From Redmond: VB9 - Conquering XML with LINQ to XML with Amanda Silver is starting in 30...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 07/03/2007
How-Do-I Videos for Visual Basic on MSDN
The How-Do-I videos page on MSDN went up today with all the new videos I created and a much better...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/29/2007
Deploying Interop UserControls with RegFree-COM
One of the features of the latest Interop Forms Toolkit is the ability to develop UserControls in...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/27/2007
Today's Live From Redmond Webcast Rescheduled
Amanda Silver came down with a nasty sickness last night so we just had to reschedule her Live From...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/27/2007
Visual Basic Interop Video Series is Live!
This how-to video series is focused on the Interop Forms Toolkit and working with Visual Basic .NET...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/25/2007
Object Binding Video Series is Live!
This how-to video series is focused on more advanced data binding techniques using object binding in...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/25/2007
Forms over Data Video Series #2 is Live!
I just uploaded more videos to Microsoft Downloads! I wanted to post the direct links here and the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/25/2007
LINQ Cookbook
If you haven't seen it, the VB Team has started a LINQ Cookbook on the VB Team Blog. If you have...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/25/2007
I'm Up in Redmond This Week
I've been up in Redmond all week filming videos of the VB team and having a lot of productive...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/22/2007
Interop Forms Toolkit - Your New Best Friend
I've been heads down this week (re)learning an older technology -- Visual Basic 6! With all the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/13/2007
Webcast Tomorrow: Live From Redmond - LINQ Best Practices!
Join Lisa and the rest of the VB Team as she walks us though some best practices for LINQ. This web...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/12/2007
Building a Secure Login Form (Parameterized Queries Part 2)
In my first post on parameterized queries I built a simple login form that really was a contrived...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/07/2007
What's Happening at TechEd?
Charlie's got a great post of his first day's experience in the TechEd expo. Looks like Amanda is...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/06/2007
Live From Redmond Webcast Starts Now! - Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0
It's starting now, so come join us! In this webcast Jonathan takes a look at how you can use the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 06/06/2007
Many-to-Many Data Binding
In my Forms over Data videos series I show you how to create a one-to-many data entry form in video...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/30/2007
What are You Doing Tonight in SF?
Come down to the Microsoft San Francisco office on One Market for the SF BAADD .NET meeting starting...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/30/2007
Live From Redmond - Building SOA with WCF
This webcast with John Stallo is starting now! This time John will go deeper into WCF from the...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/30/2007
Working with a Local Data File in VS
Visual Studio 2005 made some big improvements in the way applications work with data, from...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/29/2007
Siverlight Javascript Compiler Written in VB.NET
Paul posted an interesting tid-bit of news yesterday if you missed it, yes it's true, the JavaScript...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/25/2007
Creating a Parameterized Query
I've been asked by a couple readers on how to pass parameters into a SQL statement to your database...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/25/2007
What Happened to the Dev Center!?
Hey has anyone noticed that MSDN has got a new look? Check out the VB Developer Center and let me...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/24/2007
"How Do I" Videos - Here's What's Next!
Based on all the great (and numerous) amounts of positive feedback on the first series of videos,...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/24/2007
Beth's Hair Club for Men
A bunch of speakers went to a great Italian place the last day of DevTeach and Rob took a funny...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/21/2007
The Future of Visual Basic Talk
I just finished my last session here at DevTeach called "The Future of Visual Basic" and it was...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/17/2007
DataSources and Data Binding
Today at DevTeach I packed the house with my ever popular "DataSources and Data Binding" talk. Last...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/15/2007
The Future of Visual Basic
I'm here at DevTeach in beautiful Montreal! And man, what great weather they are having so far. I'm...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/14/2007
Go Into the (silver)Light, Carol Ann!....
Are you confused about what Silverlight is and why everybody is talking about it like it will solve...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/10/2007
App Building with the VB Team
Where have I been all week! Sheesh! Well I've been heads down doing some "App Building" with the VB...
Author: Beth Massi - Microsoft Date: 05/10/2007