Want to learn more about C# Express and creating cool applications?
Jul 07, 2004
Of course you do, which is why we have a 3-part MSDN Webcast series dedicated to C# Express that shows you how to create cool applications including an instant messaging application and Poker in C#!! I will be giving the first MSDN Webcast which will be a tour of C# Express, the RSS Screensaver and some other fun surprises and Justin Rogers of Terrarium fame will be presenting the instant messaging application and Poker for a book on C# Express that will be coming out soon.…more
John Kennedy blogs about C# Express
Jul 06, 2004
John Kennedy, the man behind the local docs that come with C# Express has a couple of blog entries on C# Express you should definitely check out: C# Express: Getting Started C# Express: My Favorite IDE Tricks C# Express: Refactorwhating? He also has some fun samples in the way for MSDN :)
Visual Studio Beta 1/Express News
Jun 30, 2004
There’s been lots of news coverage on Visual Studio Beta 1, the MSDN relaunch, and of course Express. Soma, the Developer Division VP blogged about Express and the Express contest Our Express blog is up and rolling The ASP.NET Forums have good coverage of Visual Web Developer Express The Channel9 Forums have lots of good info on the Express contest and Express in general James Lau discusses the benefits of MSDN registration and wants your feedback Tom Rizzo points out some of the cool reasons to use SQL Server Express News Articles on VS Beta 1…more
Visual Studio Beta 1 SDK & Redist now on MSDN
Jun 30, 2004
If you’re not interested in using Express or if you want to use the tools available in the .NET Framework SDK (ildasm, wincv, etc), you can download the SDKs (and redists) at the locations provided below: .NET Framework 2.0 SDK betas (by proc type) .NET Framework 2.0 SDK Beta 1 x86 .NET Framework 2.0 SDK Beta 1 x64 .NET Framework 2.0 SDK Beta 1 IA64 .NET Framework 2.…more
Summer of Express Contest
Jun 29, 2004
In coordination with the launch of the Express products, I’m “Super-Excited"™ to announce the Summer of Express Contest on Channel9!!! It’s time to break out the hot dogs and belt out some code as the good folks at Channel9 our hosting the Summer of Express Contest! All you need to do is write code and you could win an Xbox, 1 year of Xbox Live, and a copy of Halo 2!…more
C# Express RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit
Jun 29, 2004
RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit in C# Express One of my favorite features of C# Express is the built-in RSS Screen saver Starter Kit. If you’ve never built a screensaver before, or if you have never written code that uses RSS, then you’ll find the RSS Screen saver a great way to start programming. In a nutshell, the RSS Screen saver is a screen saver that lets you select and validate an RSS feed, select a background directory for images to loop through, and the screensaver will loop through the items in the RSS feed.…more
Microsoft Announces new Express Products!!
Jun 29, 2004
In the TechEd Europe keynote today we officially announced the new Express products that are available to download right now: Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (download) Visual C# 2005 Express Edition (download) Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (download) Visual J# 2005 Express Edition (download) Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition (download) SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (download) - Note, SQL Express is included as an optional component in the installers of the other Express products.…more
Whiteboard with Anders session on MSDN TV
Jun 24, 2004
** Update: Due to technical difficulties with the WMV file, the link for the download has been taken down. Duncan assures me it will be up soon. The Whiteboard with Anders cabana session from TechEd is now will soon be on MSDN TV for download. You’ll get to hear Anders take live questions from the audience and whiteboard the explanation. Thanks to Erica and Duncan for making this happen
On to TechEd Europe
Jun 24, 2004
Scott Nonnenberg, Brian Goldfarb, me, and lots of others are making the trek across the atlantic to TechEd Europe (in Amsterdam) next week. I haven’t been to Amsterdam since I was a young pup (~13 years old) and I have a feeling it’ll be a slightly different experience :) I’ll be blogging all the gory details of course, and www.techedbloggers.net is the place to visit for the lastest blogger info on TechEd Europe.…more
Quick information on Generics
Jun 21, 2004
Update Jan 7, 2005: Generics will be CLS Compliant! I’ve recently received a couple of questions on how generics will be supported across languages so I thought I would point out Julie Lerman’s blog entry on the subject of C#, VB, and J# support for generics. C++ will have both templates that are available today and generics. You can find out more information about the differences between C++ templates and generics at the C# FAQ blog and on Brandon Bray’s post on the subject.…more