Search:

Type: Posts; User: funkyonex

Search: Search took 0.04 seconds.

  1. Thread: VB9 & Linq

    by funkyonex
    Replies
    4
    Views
    23,129

    Re: VB9 & Linq

    Hi Masfenix,

    You can also check out this learning plan - it's LINQ content from the VB Team which includes how-to videos, interviews, blog posts, articles.

    Have Fun!
    -B
  2. Replies
    28
    Views
    45,633

    Re: VB Runtime Functions

    Hi everyone,

    Here's a good paper to read about this topic and contains recommendations on when to use the Microsoft.VisualBasic functions. Be careful making a blanket statement about always using...
  3. Replies
    10
    Views
    29,170

    Re: Conversions...

    Hi Chris,

    Like you, I never worked in the "corporate" world, really (not until Microsoft). I always worked for small ISV's or consulting companies with only a few developers on a team so I...
  4. Replies
    3
    Views
    19,113

    Re: Question on LINQ

    Hi timeshifter,

    LINQ is not specific to just querying relational data (like T-SQL or FoxPro), you can query ANY object collection in the .NET framework. You can also use LINQ to query XML (as well...
  5. Replies
    2
    Views
    20,369

    Re: Question about Lambda Expressions

    Hi technome,

    I actually had trouble learning them as well and am very thankful that Visual Basic provides the common ones you use in LINQ queries as query expressions instead. So I think I'll go...
  6. Replies
    1
    Views
    18,785

    Re: Language and Framework Changes in '08

    Hey Brad,

    There are a LOT of new language features in VB and yes, a lot of them are to support LINQ. Off the top of my head...

    Supporting LINQ:

    Local Type Inference
    Anonymous Types
    Object...
  7. Replies
    10
    Views
    29,170

    Re: Conversions...

    Hi Chris,

    Let me try to answer some of your concerns to the best of my ability based on my experience in the industry. I have a similar story, though a tad more "challenging" I suppose depending...
  8. Replies
    11
    Views
    9,865

    Re: API in VB.NET

    In general I always prefer the .NET managed libraries over the Windows API. They are usually much cleaner, easier to use and faster to program. Only when they do not provide the functionality I need...
  9. Replies
    10
    Views
    29,170

    Re: Conversions...

    Hi tg,

    It's definitely not the only approach. The toolkit just makes what you did easier by handling the plumbing for you. You can share application state, raise events, and expose properties and...
  10. Replies
    10
    Views
    29,170

    Re: Conversions...

    Well, there really is no "one size fits all" approach to migrating or upgrading any software system, no matter what technology you're moving from really. You need to take a look at the architecture...
  11. Replies
    10
    Views
    29,170

    Re: Conversions...

    Hi there -- great question!

    As you know there's a lot of things to consider when migrating or even upgrading any software system. And many times a full rewrite is not cost effective or really even...
  12. Replies
    14
    Views
    30,035

    Re: What is your Favorite New Feature?

    Hi Everyone -- thanks for hosting the VB team this week!

    I'd have to say that there are so many features in VS2008 that I love but to pick a VB-specific feature I'd have to say my favorite is XML...
Results 1 to 12 of 12



Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width