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Snippet Editor for Visual Basic 2005 Beta 2
One of the cool new productivity features that you'll find in VB 2005 is Code Snippets. These are snippets of code, to perform various different common actions. In addition to the large set of snippets that will ship with VS 2005, there is a also an extensibility model so that you can add your own and/or team/company snippets to the the standard collection.
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VB.NET 2005 Gets Refactoring!
The VB team took alot of heat for the fact that C# had much better refactoring tools than VB.NET. Quite frankly, I also felt that this was a painfull lacking and only added fuel to the "VB isn't a serious language" fire. The main reason this functionality was missing from VB was simply a matter of priorities / lack of time before release.
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Learn New Stuff and Win a Prize
Check out this new Microsoft e-Learning site for developers - high quality training for free !
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Show What You Know and Win a Prize
Enter the DevSource Programming Trivia Contest
Are you proud of knowing all the answers to obscure programming questions? Here's your chance to find out if you really are a geek guru. -
Upcoming Events Where I'll be Speaking
I got back this week from VSLive! Toronto, where I did 3 different presentations. They all went very well, although the session on business object data binding in VS 2005 (while a great topic) had some challenges in terms of getting the demos to work with build of VS that I had. Of course, that was pre-Beta2...
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Another Great Online Resource (SQL Server 2005)
Are you ready to experience SQL Server 2005?
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New MSDN Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center
Yes, that does say VB6 :-)
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Look Ma - I'm a Microsoft MVP
Actually, my Mom doesn't read my blog, or do anything having to do with computers. But it is true that I have been selected as a Microsoft MVP (Most Valued Professional) for 2005, in the category of Visual Studio - Visual Basic.
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April Israel Visual Basic User Group Meeting
The April meeting of the Israel Visual Basic User Group meeting will be held on April 6, 2005: