Here are a bunch of interesting things going on for VB .NET Developers. I'm
renaming this from my status report to reflect the fact that it's a general
set of information, and that others may post here as well... Hope you like
these things...
yag
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WebCasts and Chats
Support WebCast: Windows .NET Server 2003 Clustering: New Features
Wednesday, December 4, 2002: 10:00 A.M. Pacific time (Greenwich mean time- 8).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/webcasts/wc120402/wcblurb120402.aspASP.NET Web Forms Design Patterns and Idioms
Thursday December 5, 2002: 12:00pm Pacific time/GMT – 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/Add to Outlook:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/outlook_reminders/ASP_Dec5.vcs Visual Studio .NET Debugger Chat
Thursday December 5, 2002: 2:00pm Pacific time/GMT – 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/Add to Outlook:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/outlook_reminders/C_Dec5.vcs Smartphone Application Security
Tuesday December 10, 2002: 4:00pm Pacific time/GMT – 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/Add to Outlook:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/outlook_reminders/Mobile_Dec10.vcs .NET and J2EE Interoperability
Thursday December 12, 2002: 2:00pm Pacific time/GMT – 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/Add to Outlook:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/outlook_reminders/J2EE_Interop_Dec12.vcs .NET Strategy
Wednesday December 18, 2002: 12:00pm Pacific time/GMT – 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/Add to Outlook:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/outlook_reminders/NET_Strategy_Dec18.vcs Online Articles
How To Articles
A whole batch of “How To” Articles can be found at:
http://support.microsoft.com/common/canned.aspx?Sz=((kbVBNET)+and+kbhowto)&CDID=EN-US-KB&LL=&H=(Visual%20Basic%20.NET)&sd=msdnWorking with Queued Components
Rockford Lhotka shows how Queued Components, a .NET Enterprise Server feature that provides an easy and safe way to implement background processing, can be used to increase the performance and reliability of applications that call XML Web services.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet10222002.aspUsing Visual Basic .NET from VBA to Serialize Word Documents as XML
Learn how to quickly serialize large Word documents as XML by leveraging .NET code from a Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) program.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnword2k2/html/odc_UsingDotNetFromVBA.asp .NET Remoting: Design and Develop Seamless Distributed Applications for the Common Language Runtime
Prior to the advent of .NET, DCOM was the underlying technology for remote communications between Windows-based applications. But DCOM is quirky to set up and configure and not as interoperable as it should be. In .NET, XML Web Services and .NET Remoting are a seamless and effective answer to the demand for tools to build distributed applications. This article provides a primer on .NET Remoting with insights into the internal plumbing. Important aspects of remoting, such as channels, object lifetime management, and clients for remote objects are discussed. In addition, some practical examples are provided.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETRemoting/toc.aspPerformance Optimization in Visual Basic .NET
One of the primary goals of Visual Basic® .NET is to perform faster than previous versions. But performance still depends on how you design your program. This article describes some important considerations that can help you optimize your application's performance.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchperfopt.asp News of Interest
MSDN Subscribers can Download the final beta of Visual Studio .NET 2003
Be the first to try Visual Studio .NET 2003, which is currently in final beta and available for download from MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ Visual Studio .NET 2003 will ship with Preemptive’s Dotfuscator
For those of you who were asking about obfuscation technology, this article should give you a heads up on what’s coming.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:MSFT&Feed=BW&Date=20021111&ID=2088086VBTV Episode 2 Now Available
In Episode 2, join the "Windows Forms Designer Designer," Mark Boulter, as he schools Chris and Ari in the art of Windows application development. Also get the scoop on Windows control development and desktop application deployment from Big Daddy, Visual Bucky, DJVB, Mark Boulter, the VB Rapper, and of course, the Head in the Box.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbtv Design Guidelines for Visual Basic .NET Available
We’ve posted some design guidelines for VB .NET applications on our GotDotNet site. Check ‘em out!
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb/VBSampleGuidelines.htm101 VB .NET Samples Available
We’ve posted 101 samples written in Visual Basic .NET. Download one, or get ‘em all!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/samples/default.asp
