July 2007 Entries
One of the raps that VB sometimes gets is that we're too "verbose." There are a few things that we think might contribute to this perception that we're looking at for the future, but I had an interesting flash the other day. I wonder how much the fact that we uppercase our keywords affects our perception? So I built a bootleg of the compiler and tried it out on some code of mine. Before: Private Function ParseSimpleNameExpression() As SimpleNameExpression
Dim start As...
From eWEEK: Another big hit with SL 7 is the fact that it's the first suite in the Dynamics pantheon to be rewritten in .Net. "We cheated a little bit. It was in Visual Basic, so using Microsoft tools we moved from Visual Basic to Visual Basic .Net," said Jon Pratt, senior director of Microsoft's Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL and Dynamics Retail Management System. The .Net rationale is that it "extremely improves the enhancement of the developer environment," said Pratt. It also paves the way for much easier on-demand development by providing a multitier architecture that's native, according...
As you may remember, a while back I solicited questions for MSDN Japan's "Ask the Experts!" page. Well, now the video I shot answering some of those questions is up. Check it out!