March 2009 - Posts

• VBtweeter

  VBTweeter is an open source Twitter application I wrote to illustrate how easy it is to consume the Twitter API with Visual Basic .NET. I use this application as part of my lectures & user group talks. This is for educational purposes. The application is still in development, and I'll post a link to the code and installer as soon as I get it uploaded. Posted Mar 30 2009, 09:57 PM by admin with no comments Filed under: vb.net, social networking, twitter

• VB Support in P&P Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight

  One place VB support had been missing for a while was from Microsoft Patterns & Practices’ Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight. I'm happy to announce that the P&P team are now releasing VB versions of the QuickStarts, Hands-On Labs, and How-to Topics! Get it here! This download is provided to help the Visual Basic developer use the Composite Application Library. Please note that there is not yet 100% VB; however, this is a big step in the right direction. The VB code was written with very high quality, and has been reviewed by VB Language PM Jonathan Aneja as well as VB Doc Writer Doug Rothaus. Great Job guys!! Posted Mar 26 2009, 01:02 PM by admin with no comments Filed under: vb.net, Patterns & Practices

• Silverlight Toolkit adds Visual Basic samples

  Silverlight Toolkit adds Visual Basic samples The Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 release is enhanced with Visual Basic source code for both Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3. The Toolkit is a collection of controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 18 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input, in addition to 11 professional themes. The team wants feedback so join the forums and submit suggestions today. Posted Mar 26 2009, 12:58 PM by admin with no comments Filed under: vb.net, silverlight