Programming - Small Basic

• Announcing Small Basic V0.2 is here: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Learn How to Program with Small Basic: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/
• Small Basic: msdn.microsoft.com
• Small Basic and the "Goto" keyword: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Small Basic API documentation: smallbasic.com/doc/
• Small Basic Blog: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Small Basic Code Gallery: code.msdn.microsoft.com/smallbasic
• Small Basic Forums: social.msdn.microsoft.com
• Small Basic Getting Started Guide (PDF): download.microsoft.com/download/
• SmallBasic - GW-Basic for a Windows World: blogs.msdn.com/dajung/
• Small Basic Planned updates for the Christmas 2008 release: code.msdn.microsoft.com/smallbasic/Wiki/
• Small Basic Point and Shoot Game using the Turtle: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Small Basic Sample Code (Updated): social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbasic/
• Small Basic Sample of the Week, II - Super Star Field: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Small Basic Sample of the Week - Snake: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
• Small Basic Test Program using the Turtle: social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbasic/
• Using Command Line Arguments: blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/

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Programming - Visual Studio Express

• Additional resources for Visual Studio Express: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
• Beginner Developer Learning Center: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/
• Beginner's Video Series to Visual Studio 2005 Express: lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/beginner/
• Building a Family History Web Service Client: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Building an XNA game and having fun: blogs.msdn.com/devschool/
• Coding4Fun Developer Kit 2008 Vol 1: www.codeplex.com/C4FDevKit
• Coding4Fun Site: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/
• Coding4Fun - Crusader (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/crusadervb/
• Coding4Fun - SpaceBlitz (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/blitzvb/
• Coding4Fun - TinyTennis (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/tennisvb/
• Daily Tips for Visual Studio: blogs.msdn.com/saraford/
• Debugging Training For Beginners: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Facebook Developer Kit and Visual Studio Express: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/showcase/
• "How Do I" Videos — Visual Basic: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb466226.aspx
• Learn to Program with Visual Basic Express: channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11634
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with SP1: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Simple RSS Feed for Visual Web Developer Express: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/xmlforfun/simplerss/
• SQL Server Express 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/
• Top 15 Things to love about Visual Studio 2008 Express: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• Upgrade Your Game - Visual Studio Express: www.upgradeyourgame.com
• Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (free): msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/
• Visual C# Express 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/
• Visual C# Express Edition SP1 Download: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Visual C++ Express 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
• Visual J# Express 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualj/
• Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/
• Visual Studio Express Editions (Free): msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
• Visual Studio Express How-To Reference Library: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/reference/
• Visual Studio Express Learning Tracks: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/learningpath/
• Visual Studio Express Showcase - Facebook: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/showcase/
• Visual Web Developer Express 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/
• Webcasts for the Hobbyist Developer: www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdncodingbasics.mspx
• What does "simplified menu options and defaults" for Express mean?: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• What's in Visual Studio Express 2008 Beta 2 - Part 1 of 5: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• What's new with Visual Studio 2008 Express editions?: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
• Where am I? What am I doing? VB or VC# Express Project: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/

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Student Programming

• 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Now: www.eweek.com
• 10 Programming Languages You Should Teach: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• 12 Computer science game project ideas: compsci.ca/blog/12-computer-science-game-project-ideas/
• 2D Game Primer (Visual Basic): blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• 2D Game Primer (Visual C#): blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• 2D Pong using the Microsoft XNA Framework: www.xnaspot.com/Tutorial_Pong.aspx
• A First Programming Language: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• A First Programming Language - more: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Alice 3D Graphics Programming Language: www.alice.org
• Animation and Graphic Game Programming: www.nhti.net/academics/academicprograms/degaggp.html
• Basic Collision Detection in Games: silverlightrocks.com
• Beginner Developer Learning Center - Kid's Corner: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/kids/
• Beginning Game Development: Part I – Introduction: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Beginning Game Development: Part II - Introduction to DirectX: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Beginning Game Development: Part III - DirectX II: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Beginning Game Development: Part IV - DirectInput: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Beginning Programming Languages - Update: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Best Practices - Designing Mobile Applications: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Binary, Hex, Octal - Does Anyone Care Anymore?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Boku - Children's Game Programming Language: research.microsoft.com/projects/boku/
• Building a Family History Web Service Client: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Building a WPF Sudoku Game - Parts 1-5: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gaming/puzzle/
• Capturing screenshots from Xbox XNA games: http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/
• Channel 8 (for students who code and share): channel8.msdn.com
• Coding4Fun's Weblog: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• CompSci.ca :: Computer Science Canada: compsci.ca
• Computer Controlled Stepper Motor: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Computer Gaming Resource Kit: research.microsoft.com/ur/us/gaming/gamingkit/
• Conway’s Game of Life: www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/
• Dan Fernandez's Blog - Visual Studio Express: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• Designing Mobile Applications: blogs.msdn.com/springboard/
• Dream, Build Play Competition for XNA Game Studio Express: www.dreambuildplay.com
• Environments for Teaching Kids to Program: www.verber.com/mark/cs/kids.html
• Euchre Revisited - Fixing bugs and services releases: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Floating Point (Wikipedia entry): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point
• Floating Point, Why are you so buoyant?: blogs.msdn.com/matt/
• Game Programming Class Curriculum: geekswithblogs.net/bscarbeau/
• Game Programming for Windows and Xbox 360 with C# and XNA: home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry/
• Games Programming, 2D, 3D, Visual C#: www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvisualcsharp.mspx
• Happy Leap Day - and Old Programming Code: blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/
• Have Fun with Game Technology: hottech.spaces.live.com
• How does the calculator percent key work?: blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/
• How Microsoft Builds Software: weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/
• How Microsoft Robotics Studio is getting used: bink.nu/Article11028.bink
• How to Build Asteroids!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_asteroids/
• How to Build Pong!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl1/
• How to Build Missile Command!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_missilecom/
• Imagine Cup Australia 2007: www.microsoft.com/australia/imaginecup/
• Introductory Courseware for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5): www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• It's/was a Leap Day - Does Your Software Know That?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Keeping Track of Books Using Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Kid's Programming Language: www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com
• Kid's Programming Language V1.1 Download: phrogram.com
• Kid's Programming Language (1) - How to Build Pong!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl1/
• Kid's Programming Language (2) - How to Build Asteroids!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_asteroids/
• Kid's Programming Language (3) - How to Build Missile Command!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_missilecom/
• Learn About Microsoft Robotics Studio: msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/learn/
• Learning C# with XNA: www.robmiles.com/xna-book
• List of Education and Tech Ed Blogs: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Loading Map/Game Data from XML, part 1: blogs.msdn.com/dowens/
• Loading Map/Game Data from XML, part 2: blogs.msdn.com/dowens/
• Loading Map/Game Data from XML, part 3: blogs.msdn.com/dowens/
• Microsoft XNA Developer Presentations: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xna/aa937787.aspx
• Microsoft Robotics Studio: msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/
• Microsoft Robotics Studio - An Introduction: blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/
• Microsoft Robotics Studio Blog: blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/
• Microsoft Robotics Studio Simulation Engine: msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/
• MSDN Code Gallery: code.msdn.microsoft.com
• On-Demand Video Tutorials for Microsoft Robotics Studio: blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/
• Photo Screensaver VB or VC# Express Project: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Physics in Games - Real-Time Simulation Explained (Video): channel9.msdn.com
• Popfly Game Creator: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
• Practice What You Preach - Teaching a 15-Year Old to be a Programmer: blogs.msdn.com/mis_laboratory/
• Practice what You Preach - Day Two: blogs.msdn.com/mis_laboratory/
• Programming Proverbs 18 - Use Comments: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Real world web game development for high school students: geekswithblogs.net/bscarbeau/
• Reals and Integers, Apples and Oranges: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Recursive functions: blogs.msdn.com/marcod/
• Reverse string programming problem: blogs.msdn.com/abhinaba/
• Rocket Commander XNA Source Code (XBox 360): exdream.no-ip.info
• Scratch Programming Toolkit: scratch.mit.edu
• Simple Check Digit Project (Programming): blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Simple Particle System in Games Programming: silverlightrocks.com
• Speed is a matter of perspective (Games programming): blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/
• SQL Server 2005 Express for Beginners - Video Tutorials: www.asp.net/learn/videos/default.aspx?tabid=63#sql
• SQL Server Express - Video Training for Beginners: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Squeak Programming Language: www.squeak.org
• Stopwatch Class in .NET Framework (VB, VC++, JScript): msdn2.microsoft.com
• Sudoku Generator and Solver in C#: blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/
• Sudoku in Visual Basic .NET: www.codeguru.com/vb/
• Teaching .NET in Computer Science by Chap Percival: geekswithblogs.net/cpercival/
• Teaching Programming to Primary School Kids: blogs.msdn.com/acoat/
• Teaching with Games: www.futurelab.org.uk/research/teachingwithgames.htm
• Teaching Yourself To Program: blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/
• The Cat Programming Language: www.cat-language.com
• The New Popfly Game Creator: blogs.msdn.com/johnmont/
• Tiny Tennis in XNA Game Express - Part I: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gaming/arcade/
• Udder Assault XNA Game Warmup: udderassault.whatsupnow.com
• Upgrade Your Game - SpaceBlitz (Visual Basic): blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Upgrade Your Game - Tiny Tennis (Visual Basic): blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Useful links to begin developing gaming software: blogs.msdn.com/rfustino/
• Very Silly Games: verysillygames.com
• Very Silly Games for XNA Game Studio Express 2.0: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Video Game Ideas: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Visual Basic Textbook Review and Saving Class Time: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions: www.microsoft.com/express/
• Visual Studio 2008 Web Development Express Edition: www.microsoft.com/express/webdevelopment/
• Visual Studio Express Editions (Free): msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
• Visual Studio Express Beginner Developer Learning Center: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/
• Visual Studio Express Kid's Corner Learning Center: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/
• Visual Studio or VS Express Editions for the School Computer Lab?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Vrrroom! Whoosh! (Games Programming): blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/
• What are pointers? (re: C language): blogs.msdn.com/marcod/
• Why Johnny Can't Code: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• XNA Content Builder: www.codeplex.com
• XNA Creators Club Online: creators.xna.com
• XNA Game Studio Express Download: msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/gse/
• XNA Game Studio Express Homepage: msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/
• XNA Pong in 5 Minutes and an analysis of Point: blogs.msdn.com/devschool/
• XNA RoundLines in Pixel Coordinate Space: blogs.msdn.com/manders/
• XNA Team Blog: blogs.msdn.com/xna/

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Programming - Visual Basic

• 101 LINQ Samples (Visual Basic): msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb688088.aspx
• Australia VB User Group: www.avbug.com.au
• AVBUG Links: www.avbug.com.au
• Basics of Tetris in VB.NET 2005: www.codeproject.com
• Building a Family History Web Service Client: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Building a Zune Playlist in Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Carl & Gary's Home for VB: www.cgvb.com
• Coding4Fun Developer Kit 2008 Vol 1: www.codeplex.com/C4FDevKit
• Coding4Fun Site: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/
• Coding4Fun - Crusader (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/crusadervb/
• Coding4Fun - SpaceBlitz (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/blitzvb/
• Coding4Fun - TinyTennis (Visual Basic): msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/tennisvb/
• Coding4Fun's Weblog: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Converting iTunes playlists to Zune playlists using VB 9.0: blogs.msdn.com/xmlteam/
• Create Windows Live Writer plugin using Visual Basic.NET: blogs.msdn.com/rahulso/
• Creating Your First Visual Basic Program - Videos: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Drawing Maps with Visual Basic (Scott Wisniewski): blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Example of Dynamic Programming in VB: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/
• Free Visual Basic Code: www.freevbcode.com
• Happy 10th Birthday, Visual Basic: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
• Hidden Gems in Visual Basic 2008: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Higher Algebra with Operator Overloads (Visual Basic): blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• "How Do I" Videos — Visual Basic: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb466226.aspx
• Keeping Track of Books Using Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Learn Visual Basic: msdn.microsoft.com
• Let the Music Play - A Visual Basic Sample: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Memories of VB 1.0: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnnews/2001/
• Microsoft Learning: learning.microsoft.com
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• msOfficePRO VBA: www.msofficepro.com
• MSDN Code Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/code/
• MS Visual Basic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/
• My.Blogs Code Sample for Visual Basic: msdn.microsoft.com/VBasic/Downloads/2005/Code/MyBlogs/
• Planet Source Code: www.planet-source-code.com
• Programmer's Heaven: www.programmersheaven.com
• SoftwareDev: softwaredev.earthweb.com/vb/
• Sort Algorithms: support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q169/6/17.asp
• Source code of Visual Basic runtime released to public: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET - Free Book: msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/
• VB2theMax: www.vb2themax.com
• VB Daily Tips: msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/technical/tips.asp
• VB Extras: www.vbextras.com
• VB FAQ: www.vb-faq.com
• VB Internet Programming: www.vbip.com
• VB Programmer's Journal: www.vbpj.com
• VB version of the Flip Task Bar for Vista: blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/
• VB Web Magazine: www.vbwm.com
• VB XML: www.vbxml.com
• VB XML Cookbook Recipe 1 - XML Transformations using XML Literals: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• VB XML Cookbook Recipe 4 - Get Inner XML from the Nodes Property: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• VB Zone: www.vb-zone.com
• Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/VBRun/
• Visual Basic 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Visual Basic 2008 Ships: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Visual Basic 2010 Unveiled at PDC 2008: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Visual Basic.NET: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/02/vbnet/vbnet.asp
• Visual Basic Developer Centre: msdn2.microsoft.com:80/en-us/vbasic/
• Visual Basic Explorer: www.vbexplorer.com
• Visual Basic Language on Silverlight: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Visual Basic "Learn" Section of MSDN - Give it a Spin: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Visual Basic Scripting: http://initdotsys.start.at
• Visual Basic Scripting Samples: http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/vbscript/
• Visual Basic Developer Center: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/default.aspx
• Visual Basic Dev-Centre: www.dev-center.com
• Visual Basic for Applications: msdn.microsoft.com/vba/default.asp
• Welcome to Visual Basic: www.devdos.com/vb/
• WPF application written in Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/goto100/
• Writing a Gadget in VB and WPF (Video): blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling/
• Writing a Screen Saver in Visual Basic that displays Web Pages: blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling/
• XML Literals Tips/Tricks in Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/

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Visual Studio Web Developer

• Absolute and relative positioning in VWD 2008 designer: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• AJAX Control Toolkit Installation in Visual Web Developer: weblogs.asp.net/nannettethacker/
• ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit: www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/
• ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Download: www.codeplex.com
• ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit samples website: www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/
• Build and Publish Web Sites with Popfly Explorer Beta: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• How to create an installable layout for a VS 2008 Express: blogs.msdn.com/astebner/
• ImgBurn Homepage (CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray/ISO): www.imgburn.com
• JScript errors as warnings in Visual Studio 2008: blogs.msdn.com/jscript/
• Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• Tips and Tricks for Visual Web Developers: blogs.msdn.com/webdevelopertips/
• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express - feature summary: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Samples: www.microsoft.com/express/samples/
• Visual Web Developer for Dummies: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/beginner/bb980894.aspx
• Visual Web Developer Team Blog: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• Windows Live Platform - Services for Building Community-Driven Applications: blogs.msdn.com/asehmi/
• Windows Live Tools Samples for Visual Studio Express: www.microsoft.com/express/samples/wlt/
• You can now write Silverlight apps in Visual Web Developer Express: www.bluerosegames.com/SilverlightBrassTacks/

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Visual Studio 2008

• Build and Publish Web Sites with Popfly Explorer in Visual Studio: blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
• Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Create Silverlight 1.0 projects in VS 2008: timheuer.com/blog/
• Customise the Word Ribbon with Visual Studio 2008 (5 second Tutorial): blogs.msdn.com/alspeirs/
• Defy all Challenges - Microsoft Visual Studio: www.microsoft.com/defyallchallenges/
• Free E-books on Visual Studio 2008 and MS Robotics Studio: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• How To Build A Facebook Application: www.digital-web.com
• Installation Tips for Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008: weblogs.asp.net/bradleyb/
• IntelliSense is now transparent in VS 2008: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
• Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Download: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
• PEX - Automated White Box Testing for .NET: msdn.microsoft.com
• Refactor! for Visual Basic 2008: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb693327.aspx
• Silverlight Dynamic Languages in Visual Studio: blogs.msdn.com/webnext/
• Virtual Earth Control for Visual Studio 2008 Previewed at Remix Australia: www.liveside.net
• Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Released - Feature List: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 shipped: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
• Visual Studio 2008 Code Editing Improvements : weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• Visual Studio 2008 JavaScript Intellisense for Silverlight: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• Visual Studio 2008 Portal: www.microsoft.com/australia/servers/vs2008/
• Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit: blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/
• Visual Studio Gallery: visualstudiogallery.com
• Visual Studio Learning Opportunities: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008: www.liveside.net
• Writing for JScript Intellisense in VS 2008: blogs.msdn.com/jscript/
• XML Tools in Visual Studio 2008: www.code-magazine.com

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Programming - Visual Studio and .NET

• 10 Year Anniversary of Visual Studio (March 2007): msdn2.microsoft.com
• 101 Samples for Visual Studio 2005: lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/downloads/101samples/
• Accessing Web Services from DHTML: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/dude/dude01222001.asp
• AddIn Model in Paint.Net – 1 (Introduction): blogs.msdn.com/zifengh/
• AddIn Model in Paint.Net – 2 (AddIn discovery): blogs.msdn.com/zifengh/
• AJAX Web Portal: www.dropthings.com
• Architecture Journal for I.T. Developers: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/arcjournal/
• Art of Coding: www.artofcoding.net/blog/
• ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Links: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• ASP.NET AJAX - Official Microsoft Site: ajax.asp.net
• ASP.NET Learning Videos: www.asp.net/learn/videos/
• ASP.NET Web Matrix: www.asp.net/webmatrix/
• Astoria Online Service: astoria.mslivelabs.com
• blogs.msdn.com: blogs.msdn.com
• Brain.Save() - Steve Maine's Blog: hyperthink.net/blog
• Brownie Points - Tale of a .NET convert: mbrownchicago.spaces.live.com
• Build a Search Webservice: www.devnewz.com/2001/1029.html
• Build Your Own Browser in Visual C# Express: msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/
• Building ASP.NET 2.0 Web Sites Using Web Standards: msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/
• Building Web Services: www.devnewz.com
• Building Web Services the REST Way: www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html
• Building WinFS Solutions: msdn.microsoft.com/data/WinFS/
• C# Computing: csharpcomputing.com
• C# Corner: www.c-sharpcorner.com
• CoDe Magazine - Component Developer Magazine: www.code-magazine.com
• Code Project - Free Source Code and Tutorials: www.codeproject.com
• Cold Rooster Favourites: www.coldrooster.com/favorites.asp
• Conversations on .NET: msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/dotNETconvers.htm
• Cosmos - the C# OS that you can play with: channel8.msdn.com
• Creating an ASP.NET Hangman Control: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Debugging Training For Beginners: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Defy All Challenges (Visual Studio): www.defyallchallenges.com
• Designer vs. Developer: designervsdeveloper.com.au
• Developer Express .NET: www.devexpress.com/products/net/dotnet.asp
• Developer Posters (PDF): www.drp.co.za/Media/Posters/PostersPDF/
• DinnerNow.net Sample: www.dinnernow.net
• DotNet Books: www.dotnetbooks.com
• Download LINQPad - a free LINQ query expression tool: blogs.msdn.com/socaldevgal/
• Enabling Vertical Split View in VS 2008: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• Escape from Yesterworld: www.escapeyesterworld.com
• Exploring LINQ: blogs.msdn.com/arvindsh/
• Express Editions of Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/09/ExpressEditions/
• Facebook Developer Toolkit: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Facebook Developers: developers.facebook.com
• Facebook platform - the "WebOS" is here: blogs.msdn.com/aniyer/
• Facebook, Popfly, and Acquiring Your Key: scottisafooldev.spaces.live.com
• getexpress: www.getexpress.com
• Getting SQL Express to work nicely with Visual Studio 2005: blogs.msdn.com/timng/
• Hackety Hack - The Coder's Start Kit: hacketyhack.net
• How .NET and C# Drove an Entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/12/DARPAChallenge/default.aspx
• How Software is Built: howsoftwareisbuilt.com
• How to Create a REST Protocol: www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/12/01/restful-web.html
• IBM Web Services: www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/theme/
• Implementing REST Web Services - Best Practices, Guidelines: www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/08/11/rest.html
• Information Factories: www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/cloudware.html
• Intro to the Personal Web Site Starter Kit: msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/
• Islands of Richness with Silverlight on an ASP.NET page: blogs.msdn.com/brada/
• LINQ Project: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/aa904594.aspx
• Microsoft Developer Network Australia: www.microsoft.com/australia/MSDN/
• Microsoft .NET: msdn.microsoft.com/net/
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Community (Netfx): www.netfx3.com
• Microsoft ASP.Net: www.asp.net
• Microsoft Expression Home: www.microsoft.com/products/expression/
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3: www.netfx3.com
• Microsoft Learning: learning.microsoft.com
• Microsoft Line Of Code Counter: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Microsoft UDDI: uddi.microsoft.com
• Microsoft Videos: preview.microsoft.com/video/
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Developer Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/
• Mint Source: www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/mintsource/
• MSDN .NET Developer Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/net/
• MSDN Application Architecture Review: msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/BDAdotnetarch09.htm
• MSDN Code Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/code/
• MSDN Code Gallery: code.msdn.microsoft.com
• MSDN Forums: forums.microsoft.com/msdn/
• MSDN Internet & Web Samples: msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/default.asp
• MSDN Samples: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/default.asp
• MSN Developer Center: msdn.microsoft.com/msn/
• MSN Messenger Developers: msdn.microsoft.com/msn/msnmessenger/
• MSN Sandbox: sandbox.msn.com
• MSN Search Developers: msdn.microsoft.com/msn/msnsearch/
• MSN Virtual Earth Software Development Kit: msdn.microsoft.com/library/
• msozacademic blog: blogs.msdn.com/msozacademic/
• .NET 3.0, Different Versions of the .NET Framework: blogs.msdn.com/mohammadakif/
• .NET Framework Community: www.gotdotnet.com
• .NET Framework Library Source Code now available: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• .NET Framework & Visual Basic.NET: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/technology/framework.asp
• .NET Framework SDK: www.fmexpense.com/quickstart/howto/
• .NET Framework Support for Silverlight: blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/
• .NET Framework V2.0 Poster: blogs.msdn.com/photos/
• .NET Posters: blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
• .NET Rocks! Hosted by MSDN: msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/
• .NET Rocks! Homepage: www.dotnetrocks.com
• .NET Sample Web Services: dotnet.microsoft.com/
• .NET Sample Web Services: www.gotdotnet.com/playground/services/
• .NET University: www.dotnet-u.com
• .NET Web Services Showcase: dotnet.microsoft.com
• Online source for Visual Studio code snippets: www.gotcodesnippets.net
• Oslo - Models Remixed - Microsoft Application Modelling: www.modelsremixed.com
• Places to learn .NET for free: blogs.msdn.com/dougturn/
• Professional Developers Conference 2005 Presentations: microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/
• ProgrammableWeb - Mashups, APIs, the Web as Platform: www.programmableweb.com
• Programming MapPoint .NET: www.programmingmappoint.net/mappoint/
• REST (Representational State Transfer) Mini-Guide: tssblog.techtarget.com
• REST - Representational State Transfer: www.xfront.com/REST.html
• RSS Toolkit using ASP.NET: www.codeplex.com/ASPNETRSSToolkit
• Science Code .NET: www.sciencecode.com
• Search the UDDI Register: www.uddi.org/find.html
• Search the UDDI Register (IBM): www-3.ibm.com/services/uddi/find
• Search the UDDI Register (MS): uddi.microsoft.com/search.asp
• Stopwatch Class in .NET Framework (VB, VC++, JScript): msdn2.microsoft.com
• Ten Must-Have Tools Every .NET Developer Should Have: msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/07/MustHaveTools/
• The Atom Publishing Protocol: bitworking.org/projects/atom/rfc5023.html
• The Web Services Report (Harrison Hoffman): blogs.cnet.com/8300-13515_1-26.html?tag=bc
• Using C# To Generate ASCII Art From An Image: www.codeproject.com/useritems/ASCII_Imager.asp
• Terraservice.NET: terraserver.microsoft.net/
• Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX) Developer Center: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/vstudio/aa700819.aspx
• Visual Studio Island on Second Life: www.visualstudioisland.com
• Visual Studio .NET: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/
• Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks - Free Book: www.infoq.com/minibooks/vsnettt
• Visual Studio Express Editions (Free): msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
• Visual Studio Magazine: www.ftponline.com/vsm/
• Web Services Behaviour: msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/
• Web Services Developer Resources: msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/
• Web Services Listing: www.xmethods.com
• WindowsClient.NET Community Site: windowsclient.net
• Writing multiboot PE kernels using Visual C++: ksrenevasan.blogspot.com

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Programming - Other

• 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Now: www.eweek.com
• 10 Programming Languages You Should Teach: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• 19 Eponymous Laws Of Software Development: haacked.com/archive/
• 20 Dumbest Words in Software Development: brandonblog.spaces.live.com
• About Code: www.zez.org
• Alice 3D Graphics Programming Language: www.alice.org
• All BASIC Code Archives: www.basicguru.com
• An Intro to Programming Languages: www.acooke.org/andrew/writing/
• ASP Code & Tutorials: www.aspsamples.com
• Assembly Language: webster.cs.ucr.edu/
• BASIC Samples at Programmer's Heaven: www.programmersheaven.com/zone6/index.htm
• Beginner's Tutorials: www.beginners.co.uk
• Borland C++ V1.01 (free): community.borland.com/museum/
• Borland C V2.01 (free): community.borland.com/museum/
• Borland Language Museum: community.borland.com/museum/
• Borland Pascal V5.5 (free): community.borland.com/museum/
• Builder AU - for Australian Programmers: www.builderau.com.au
• Building a Ray-Tracing 3D Renderer in C++: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
• Building Live Maps / Virtual Earth Applications for iPhone: blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/
• C++ In Action: www.relisoft.com/book/
• C++ Programming Zone: www.onesmartclick.com/programming/c-cplusplus.html
• Code 4 Bill: www.code4bill.com
• Code 4 Bill Blog: blogs.msdn.com/code4bill/
• Code Guru: www.codeguru.com
• Code Hound: www.codehound.com
• Code Translation for .NET (C# <-> VB.NET) - Free Online: www.carlosag.net/Tools/CodeTranslator/
• CodeKata - How to Become a Better Developer: codekata.pragprog.com
• CodeKata One - Supermarket Pricing: codekata.pragprog.com
• CodeKeep: www.codekeep.net
• CodePlex: www.codeplex.com
• Computer Science Student Resources: williamstallings.com
• Database Programming - Denis' Prime Number Challenge: blogs.technet.com/wardpond/
• Delphi Free Stuff: www.delphifreestuff.com
• Design own WMP Skins: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/imedia/windowsmedia/wmpskins.asp
• Developers Index: www.developersdex.com
• DevGuru: www.devguru.com
• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures: www.nist.gov/dads/terms.html
• Distributed development - Overcoming the Big Bad B's: blogs.msdn.com/eric_brechner/
• Dr. Dobb's Portal for Software Development: www.ddj.com
• Egghead Cafe: www.eggheadcafe.com
• Free Code: www.freecode.com
• Free Pascal: www.freepascal.org
• Free Programming Tutorials: seangreasley.com
• Fun Old Programming Bugs: blogs.msdn.com/brett_ernst/
• Game Developer Net: www.gamedev.net/gamedev.asp
• Game Programming Tutorials: atrevida.comprenica.com
• GotoCode: www.gotocode.com
• Hello World Programs Collection (373 of them): www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm
• How to explain REST to your wife: naeblis.cx/rtomayko/
• How to fix bugs (and influence people): blogs.msdn.com/natbr/
• IE-HTML List Archives: microsoft.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ie-html.html
• IE Samples Catalogue: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm?/workshop/samples/default.asp
• If Programmers Built Aeroplanes... (Video): www.youtube.com
• Instacalc Online Calculator: instacalc.com
• INTERCAL -- the Language From Hell: catb.org/~esr/intercal/stross.html
• International Obfuscated C Code Contest: en.wikipedia.org
• ITdevcomics.com: www.itdevcomics.com
• J Homepage: www.jsoftware.com
• J Language: blogs.msdn.com/matt/
• Kawigi's Programming Blog: blogs.msdn.com/kawigi/
• Key Software Trends: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
• Kid's Programming Language: www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com
• Kid's Programming Language (1) - How to Build Pong!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl1/
• Kid's Programming Language (2) - How to Build Asteroids!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_asteroids/
• Kid's Programming Language (3) - How to Build Missile Command!: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/kpl_missilecom/
• LINQPad: www.linqpad.net
• Linux Assembly HOWTO: www.linuxassembly.org
• LOLCODE - Programming the LOL way: lolcode.com
• LOLCODE - the latest programming language: blogs.msdn.com/tysond/
• Mathematical Programming Glossary: carbon.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/glossary/
• MHPCC Tutorial List: www.mhpcc.edu/training/tutorials/
• Microsoft Project Glidepath: www.projectglidepath.net/glidepath/
• Monkey See, Monkey Build: www.betterthaneveryone.com
• MSDN Code Centre: msdn.microsoft.com/code/
• MSDN Internet & Web Samples: msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/
• MSDN Library May 2006 Edition: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• MSDN Samples: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/default.asp
• MSDN Voices: msdn.microsoft.com/voices/
• MSDN Scripting Technologies: msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
• Open Source Development: sourceforge.net
• Perfect XML: www.perfectxml.com
• Phrogram: phrogram.com
• Pointers in C & C++: www.augustcouncil.com/~tgibson/tutorial/
• Port25: port25.technet.com
• Programmer's Calculator (Instacalc): instacalc.com
• Programming Algorithms Directory: www.algosort.com
• Programming Language Hierarchy: blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/
• Programming Proverbs: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
• Programming Sharehouse: development.freeservers.com
• Programming Tutorials: www.programmertutorials.com
• Queensland University of Technology Ruby.NET: plas.fit.qut.edu.au/Ruby.NET/
• Real Programmers, Cosmic Rays and Butterflies: xkcd.com
• Regular Expressions Tutorial: gnosis.cx/publish/programming/regular_expressions.html
• Sandpile.org: www.sandpile.org
• Signs of game programming geekhood - I: blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/
• Signs of game programming geekhood - II: blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/
• Software Development – A Picture That’s Worth 1000 Words: blogs.msdn.com/irenak/
• Sorting Algorithms Demo (Animations): www.cs.rit.edu/~atk/Java/Sorting/sorting.html
• The C++ Resources Network: www.cplusplus.com
• The Code Project: www.codetools.com
• The Free Software Foundation: www.fsf.org
• The Java Tutorial: java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
• The Javascript Source: www.javascriptsource.com
• Top 100 Blogs for Software Development Managers: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
• Torry's Delphi Pages: www.torry.ru
• Turbo Explorer: www.turboexplorer.com
• Underhanded C Contest: underhanded.xcott.com
• Unicode Characters: www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/
• Unicode Consortium Homepage: www.unicode.org
• valgol Programming Language: catseye.tc/projects/valgol/doc/valgol.html
• VC Developer Journal: www.vcdj.com
• Virtual Earth Mobile: www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx
• Virtual Earth Mobile Development: blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/10/23/VEMobile.aspx
• Visual Builder: www.visualbuilder.com
• Visual C# 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Visual Studio for Applications: msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/vsa/default.asp
• VML Source: www.vmlsource.com
• Wackylabs.NET: www.wackylabs.net
• What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory: blogs.msdn.com/architectsrule/
• What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to Know... Free Book: www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html
• Windows 7 Blog for Developers: blogs.msdn.com/yochay/
• Windows XP Coding: msdn.microsoft.com
• Writing Quality Code e-Book: blogs.msdn.com/dglover/
• XBAP.org - Tutorials and Information: www.xbap.org
• XML from the Inside Out: www.xml.com
• XNA Game Studio Express Homepage: msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/
• Zez - About Code: www.zez.org

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Agent Characters

• Agent Land: www.agentland.com
• Agent Launchpad: www.agent-launchpad.co.uk
• Agents' Webring Listing: www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=agent;action=list
• Cantoche: www.cantoche.com
• Living Actor: www.living-actor.com
• MS Agent Ring: www.msagentring.org
• MS Agent Script Helper: www.bellcraft.com/mash/
• MS Agent Theatre: www.dwacon.com
• Microsoft Agent Site: msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/imedia/agent/
• The Agentry: www.agentry.net

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