Goto 100 - Development with Visual Basic
Eric on all things VB!
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 announced – and the return of UML
Blimey – and I am only just getting my head round Visual Studio 2008 :-) These are exciting times....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/30/2008
A very good showing of VB developers
As folks should know, as of July I stopped doing any demos in C# (pretty much) and switched to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/29/2008
A few rough edges in our shiny new Data stack
We have a rather impressive set of new technologies for working with data – LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/16/2008
Another new find for me – MyVBProf.com
Just stumbled across this great resource of very nicely done screencasts on developing with Visual...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2008
Is this a good VB ASP.NET 3.5 book – or not?
I am confused on this one. I have had people tell me it is excellent and others tell me it is just...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2008
New find – Visual Basic 2005 development blog
It is 12am and I should be sleeping but I just stumbled across this blog site by Arsalan Tamiz...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/02/2008
Believe it or not – I’m off on holiday again
I really have got a taste for this thing called “holiday” - hence I am off to do it again for a...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/22/2008
Visual Basic and .NET Framework Versions
Hi all, apologies for the pause in blogging. This is holiday season and I am … having plenty of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/20/2008
See you all in a weeks time
I need to crack on with some other work today before my holiday. I should be back on the blogosphere...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/08/2008
Updated the list of events I will be attending/delivering sessions
Just a quick note to say I have updated my “Eric will be appearing” page. October is looking busy...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
SQL Server 2008 is finished – break out the bubbly
SQL Server 2008 RTM’d yesterday (August 6th). It is already available on MSDN subscriber downloads...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/07/2008
Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition - #1 in the UK
I remembered Paul Vick (VB team) spoke to Scott end of 2008 – and as part of that Paul mentioned...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
Class Visual Basic Column in Visual Studio Magazine
You may (or may not) remember that Visual Studio Magazine used to be heavily focused on classic...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/06/2008
Visual Basic vs C# LINQ syntax
LINQ has two syntaxes – Lamda syntax and Comprehension syntax. Each has their uses and you can...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/05/2008
C# and Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
As I dig into Visual Basic a bit further I to realise what I have been missing as a (lapsed) C#...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/05/2008
var != Dim – or why Visual Basic is the right choice for working with Microsoft Office
I just came across a great post from Scott (as so many of his are) which starts with an explanation...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/28/2008
Visual Basic Language Design Meeting on Channel 9
Beth Massi sat down with the VB Language design team to “talk about their design process, favourite...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/28/2008
200 LINQ Samples in Visual Basic
I recently discovered LINQPad. It is written by Joseph Albahari who wrote C# 3.0 in a NutShell and...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/28/2008
UK MSDN events now scheduled
Topics have been chosen, venues confirmed and details posted on our events site. We will be showing...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/28/2008
What a C# coder should know before moving to VB
I am one of those C# coders moving to VB that Kathleen is thinking about in her post on What a C#...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/23/2008
Great WPF application written in Visual Basic
Today I set aside sometime to watch some “random podcasts”. Ok, not that random in that I decided...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/22/2008
Converting from C# to Visual Basic .NET
First Created: Wednesday 23rd July 2008Updated: Thursday 24th July 2008 - added Telerik I have been...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/22/2008
Visual Basic samples for WPF book - Applications = Code + Markup
Once again, Ged Meads work on WPF catches my eye. A big thanks to Ged, Young Joo and Evan Lim for...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/17/2008
Ged Mead on Windows Presentation Foundation
UK Visual Basic MVP Ged has been taking a look at WPF this year. I spotted his post on WPF Basics:...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/17/2008
Visual Basic vs C# - early adopters favour C#?
This myth is typically from someone in Microsoft who thinks, codes, demos and blogs in C# and wants...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/15/2008
Visual Basic Line Continuation Character (and more on VB10)
I previously posted about Amanda discussing the future of VB . One of the things Amanda talked about...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/14/2008
40% off Visual Basic .NET and C# Books ... (UK)
Visual Basic 6 developer moving to .NET - you need a good book!...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/13/2008
My first MSDN Flash is live - July 9th 2008
Yesterday was my first MSDN Flash. It was fun to put together working with Mandy in Marketing. I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/10/2008
Intellisense - VB 2005 vs VB2008 + a great example of mixing VB with XML
I had not appreciated just how much intellisense had improved between releases of Visual Basic until...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/08/2008
Building a "brand new application" - WPF, ADO.NET Data Services, LINQ to Entities with .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
At the end of June I run workshops with 2 ISVs both looking to completely re-develop their...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/07/2008
Amanda Silver on Visual Basic 2008 and the future of VB
Annoyingly I am on leave today and my wife has a long list for me that doesn't include 27mins to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/04/2008
And now...the end is near...
In the MSDN Flash June 25th issue my colleague Mike gave his farewell. His mention of a typewriter...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/30/2008
Eric will be appearing in person...
I have created a page with my future "gigs" listed - all an opportunity to see some Visual Basic,...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/30/2008
Eric will be appearing...
Thought I would have an attempt to list where you could bump into me in person (or where you need to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/30/2008
Refactoring in Visual Basic
Refactoring is a hot topic and something many developers are expecting to be available straight...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/25/2008
Proposed VB sessions for my new role - comments welcome
One of the roles of my new team is to offer a "menu" of .NET sessions to UK user groups. I was...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/25/2008
Top 5 questions in my last year working with ISV early adopters
As I get ready to transition role, I find myself increasingly thinking "what happened in the last 12...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/20/2008
UK jobs using Visual Basic?
I was wondering what folks felt the job market looked like out there for Visual Basic .NET...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/19/2008
A week on .... making progress
Hi all, the last week flew by. Thanks very much for the comments and emails I received during that...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/19/2008
An advert for Goto100...
Mandy in marketing asked me to "Create some text that we could use on a flyer to tell folks why they...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/10/2008
Interview with William Morgan of Logica UK
William has been heavily involved in helping UK companies migrate their VB6 applications to .NET....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/10/2008
Interview with Artinsoft CEO Roberto Leiton Garro
A little over a year back I first spoke to Roberto to see if Artinsoft could help me with a large...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/10/2008
Visual Basic 6 migration to .NET
Back in April I posted a brief summary of some resources which my ISVs were finding useful as they...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/10/2008
Visual Basic popularity - with a twist :-)
Check out these screen clips which clearly shows that most folks are doing Visual Basic :-) Just...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/10/2008
A few words about me
My name is Eric and I am a Virgo :-) More importantly, as of June 2008 I am an Application Architect...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/05/2008
Welcome to Goto100 - a C# free zone for UK developers!
Hello folks and welcome to Goto100. The obvious question is - what is Goto100? There is a short...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/05/2008