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Doug Seven: Code Understanding and Systems Design with Visual Studio 2010

April 12, 10 //
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Visual Studio 2010 introduces an entirely new set of architecture tools to aide in both understanding the code you already have and in defining how new systems will be built.

In this session, you will discover how you can use new tools like the Architecture Explorer to better understand and comprehend complex systems before making any changes to them. You will see how graphically modeling the code makes it easier to understand the impact of a potential change. We’ll also show you how you can use modeling tools for UML and layer diagramming to describe and communicate the design of a new system—including how these tools can be used to validate the software being developed against its intended architecture.

S. Somasegar (Soma): Introducing Visual Studio 2010 RTM

April 12, 10 //
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Senior Vice President S. Somasegar (aka Soma) joins us for a chat about Visual Studio 2010 RTM, which is available today. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 offer an unprecedented level of support for Microsoft’s platforms, including Windows, Windows Server, Office, SharePoint, Windows Phone, SQL, and Windows Azure. Here we get Soma’s perspective on this release, Microsoft’s broadest developer tooling offering ever, including several enhancements and new capabilities for both managed and native developers alike.

MSDN customers will be able to download VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.

Tune in!
 

/* Life Runs on Code */

The Visual Studio Documentary: Part Two (In celebration of the 2010 Launch)

April 12, 10 //
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Welcome to the Visual Studio Documentary. This is an hour long documentary that is split into two parts. Roughly a half hour each. Welcome to part two, where we dive straight into life at Microsoft during the Java Lawsuit.  Here is Part One in case you missed it.  Next week we will begin to publish each interviewee’s full length interview for an even deeper look. 

Not only did we sift through hundreds of videos and assets but we sat down for an intimate conversation with those that were there since the very beginning and those that are taking us into the future. 

Scott Guthrie, Dan Fernandez, Jason Zander, Tim Huckaby
S. Somasegar, Dave Mendlen, Dee Dee Walsh, Mardi Brekke, Jeff Hadfield, Alan Cooper, Anders Hejlsberg, and Tony Goodhew

We hope you enjoy!

The Visual Studio Documentary: Part One (In celebration of the 2010 Launch)

April 12, 10 //
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Welcome to the first installment of the Visual Studio Documentary.This is an hour long documentary that is split into two parts, roughly a half hour each. Welcome to part one, where we take you back to the days of MS-DOS and Alan Cooper who originally sold Visual Basic to Bill Gates back in 1988.  Next week we will feature Part Two but for those that would like to watch it sooner, here is Part Two. In addition, each week we will post a longer and more in-depth stand alone interview from the interviewees that were featured in the documentary.

Not only did we sift through hundreds of videos and assets but we sat down for an intimate conversation with those that were there since the very beginning:

Scott Guthrie, Dan Fernandez, Jason Zander, Tim Huckaby
S. Somasegar, Dave Mendlen, Dee Dee Walsh, Mardi Brekke, Jeff Hadfield, Alan Cooper, Anders Hejlsberg, and Tony Goodhew

Part One dives into MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2.0, Visual Basic 3.0, Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Interdev, FoxPro, Visual Studio 97, ASP.NET and the early days of Microsoft’s Dev community. 

We hope you enjoy! 

TIMELINE

Products and Milestones

1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen write a version of Basic for Altair 8080

1982 – IBM releases BASCOM 1.0 (developed by Microsoft)

1983 – Microsoft Basic Compiler System v5.35 for MS-DOS release

1984 – Microsoft Basic Compiler System v5.36 release

1985 – Microsoft QuickBASIC 1.0

1986 – Microsoft QuickBASIC 1.01, 1.02, 2.00

1987 – Microsoft QuickBASIC 2.01, 3.00, 4.00

1987 – Microsoft BASIC 6.0

1988 – Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50

1989 – Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.0

1990 – Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.1

1991 – Microsoft Visual Basic released May 20-Windows World Convention –Atlanta

1992 – Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0

1993 – Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 in Standard and Professional versions

1995 – Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 released, supported the new Windows 95

1997 – Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 – introduction of IntelliSense

1998 – Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 that included Visual Basic 6.0 released (first VS)

2002 – Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 7.0

2002 – Visual Studio .NET

2003 – Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 7.1

2003 – Microsoft Visual Studio w/Intellisense

2003 – Visual Studio .NET

2004 – Announce Visual Studios 2005 – Code name Whidbey

2005 – Visual Studio 2005 release w/Extensibility

2005 – Visual Studio Express released

2006 – Expression Tool Set released – devs and designers work together

2006 – Visual Studio Team release – November 30th

2007 – Visual Studio 2008 (code name Orcas) ships November = Video Studio Shell

2010 – Visual Studios (code name Rosario)

TWC9 – VB 2010, Collect app usage for free, donut caching, painting with light

April 10, 10 //
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This Week on Channel 9, Dan and Clint talk about the week’s top developer news, including:

Picks of the week

The Feature Builder Power Tool for Visual Studio 2010

March 31, 10 //
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Welcome to the Feature Builder  Power Tool for Visual Studio 2010 – Preview Release for Visual Studio 2010 RC.

Feature Builder is an official Power Tool from the Architecture Tools team within the Visual Studio Product Group enabling the rapid construction of Visual Studio Extensions (VSIXs) that combine VS Extensibility (menus, etc.) , Project/Item/T4 templates and step-by-step guidance/documentation.

 

The output VSIX, called a Feature Extension, delivers all these things, including the guidance, directly within Visual Studio.

 

This screencast provides both a short conceptual introduction to the Feature Builder and a short demo which starts at 5 minutes, 30 seconds in.

 

After watching this screencast, check out these screencasts, in order:
Creating The “Tools”
Creating The “Code”
Creating The “Map”

On-going hints-and-tips along with FAQs can be found on Michael Lehman’s MSDN blog: Adventures in SoftwareLand.

 

Note:  This Power Tool preview requires VS2010 Release Candidate and is not designed to run on earlier or later builds of Visual Studio.  An RTM-compatible version will be available after the Visual Studio launch.

 

Windows Phone 7 Keynote Announcements from MIX 10

March 15, 10 //
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MIX 2010 is finally here and all of the info about developing on Windows Phone 7 Series is available to you. Here, Charlie Kindel gives us a recap of all the announcements made in todays keynote. Take a listen and then make sure to head HERE to get the bits and start building apps. 
The Windows Phone Developer Tools package contains a toolset that will be familiar to Visual Studio developers for Windows Phone 7 development, including a Windows Phone 7 Series emulator integrated into Visual Studio so you can see your app in action and debug it as you would with any other VS project.  Also included are Silverlight and the XNA Game Studio.  Expression Blend for Windows Phone, which brings Blend’s immersive Silverlight designer-focused environment to building immersive mobile experiences, is also available for download today from the link above.

TWC9: 100th Episode! WPF, VS2010 RC tips, Bonus Footage

March 6, 10 //
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This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

Second patch for IntelliSense crashes in the Visual Studio 2010 RC
·Interesting because: The RC is the last public build prior to RTM. It’s pretty rock solid, but users of touch displays, tablet PCs, screen reader software, and potentially some others as well may need these patches.

Enabling Silverlight 4 with the Visual Studio 2010 RC (NOTE: This is an unsupported hack.)
·Interesting because: The RC of Visual Studio 2010 did not support Silverlight 4. This support is “coming” but no timeline yet. In the meantime, you can try this hack.

Getting Silverlight 3 to build with Team Build 2010 by Martin Hinshelwood
·Interesting because: If your projects use Silverlight 3 and you use Team Build on a 64-bit server, you’ll need this. But it’s also a good look at debugging a Team Build 2010 workflow.

What’s new in Visual Studio 2010 (ALM | The rest)
·Interesting because: There is a LOT of new stuff in this release. Blink and you’ll miss something. These documents do a pretty thorough job of documenting the goodness.

Beta of FireFox testing package for Visual Studio 2010 is now available
·Interesting because: Visual Studio 2010’s testing framework is extensible and will provide support for additional target platforms via add-ins from Microsoft and 3rd parties.

Optimizing Visual Studio 2010 and WPF applications for Remote Desktop via Greg Duncan.
·Interesting because: The Visual Studio 2010 IDE makes heavy use of WPF. If you RDP into a development workstation, or build applications in WPF, this post is a must-read.

Configuring VS2010 with SourceGear’s diffmerge
·Interesting because: The diff / merge tool that ships with Visual Studio is fairly dated, but it’s easy to swap in your favorite tool in its place. This one is free, and comes highly recommended.

Expression Studio 3.0 Tutorials from Paolo Barone
·Interesting because: Free hands-on tutorials featuring Silverlight, DeepZoom, SketchFlow, and more…

Roundup of WPF Documentation Samples
·Interesting because: One-stop shopping for all of your WPF sample needs.

4 free open-source WPF utilities
·Interesting because: Some good stuff in here; Snoop = “Firebug for WPF”, Inkscape = vector graphics editor…

Write code to enter the NASA Pathfinder Innovation Challenge
·Interesting because: There are dozens of coding competitions out there at any given time, but we thought this one was really cool – you can either build a “mechanical Turk” game or an image recognition application. And c’mon… it’s Mars! That should be reason enough.

Picks of the week!

Dan’s pick: Some (not all) MSR TechFest 2010 content is public and online

Brian’s pick: Telling the Visual Studio 2010 testing story with DeepZoom, and SpeakFlow as a new non-linear presentation medium based on DeepZoom.

And after the credits… special 100th episode bonus materials…

Introduction to Creating Coded UI Tests with Visual Studio 2010

March 3, 10 //
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This video provides an overview of the Visual Studio 2010 code generation features that allow testers to quickly and easily create coded UI tests directly from existing action recordings. Download the corresponding Application Lifecycle Management Hands-on Labs via the following link:

Instructions for downloading HOLs and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machines

Kathleen McGrath
Developer Division User Education
http://blogs.msdn.com/kathleen

TWC9: Windows Phone 7 Series, Hanselcart, MS Deploy

February 20, 10 //
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This week on Channel 9, Brian, Clark Sell, and a surprise guest discuss the week’s top developer news, including:

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