by John Browne, on Jul 25, 2017 1:43:32 PM
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WEB. Actually in the beginning was DOS, then Windows, then Visual Basic, then .NET. But we'll get back to them later. Consider: The Advanced …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jun 14, 2017 5:21:16 PM
ICYMI, we've compiled a list of the most popular and useful blog posts of all time. There's lots of practical (and technical) advice on recycling your old code. Read on …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 17, 2017 9:00:00 AM
Friday May 12 saw the worst cyber attack in years, as a worm (WannaCry, Wanna, or Wcry) spread through computer networks encrypting files and demanding a ransom of anywhere from …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 19, 2017 7:30:00 AM
Migrating off VB6 has never been more important. Every passing day VB6 gets riskier and more problematic to keep around. Millions of lines of Visual Basic 6.0 code still run …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 1, 2017 6:00:00 AM
Our skunkworks team has been working overtime on a new product that I think is a real game changer. Before I tell you about it, let me set the stage …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 21, 2017 6:00:00 AM
In our continuing struggle to make the world safe from nasty old legacy code, we are happy today to announce the availability of VBUC version 7.2, designed to help you …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 3, 2017 2:33:35 PM
TL/DR: It's not an infinity symbol. The logo for Visual Studio looks a lot like the symbol for infinity--which might make you wonder if that's the expected compile time for …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 2, 2017 5:25:28 PM
As part of what will be a brief but on-going series celebrating Visual Studio's 20th anniversary, I bring you a short video: Who did Ballmer hate more? Ok, some explanation …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 16, 2017 2:32:42 PM
Can you believe it? 20 years ago it was Visual Studio 1.0 and this year it will be Visual Studio 2017. Microsoft is launching the next version of the world's …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 13, 2017 4:15:15 PM
From the news desk: Back to the future: The VB.NET team blogs about the future of VB.NET. Whether this is just badly written or deliberately ambiguous I can't say but …
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