Software development for Windows - Silverlight, Visual Basic, Visual Studio
This page gives you links to development software for Windows and its applications in areas such as Silverlight, .NET Framework and Visual Studio.
Links to Visual Basic, Visual Studio & Silverlight news & info in March 2011
- Jeff Wilcox’s “Metro” design guide for developers, v1.00: www.jeff.wilcox.name
- XNA is coming to Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/b/lisa/
Links for October 2010
- Announcing the Async CTP for Visual Basic (and also Iterators): blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/
- Developing Applications with Visual Basic: msdn.microsoft.com/library/k6a6etxs.aspx
- Making Asynchronous Programming Easy: blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/
- Silverlight and HTML5 and Your Future: blog.nerdplusart.com
- Taking Silverlight Deep Zoom To The Next Level: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd943052.aspx
- Visual Basic and C# Getting Started Tutorials: blogs.msdn.com/b/kathleen/
Links for September 2010
- Announcing Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools: blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/
- MSDN Channel 9: channel9.msdn.com
- Windows Phone Developer Training Kit - RTM Refresh: www.liveside.net/mobility/
Links for June 2010
- Animation in Silverlight: www.dotnetspark.com
Links for May 2010
- Developers, UX is not UI, learn that and stop trivializing: www.uxpassion.com
- Developing Freecell Game Using Silverlight 3 Part 1: dotnetslackers.com/articles/silverlight/
- Download and Share Visual Studio Color Schemes: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Recycled Creativity - A Note from Bill Buxton: www.visitmix.com/Opinions/
- Silverlight 4 Tools, WCF RIA Services and Themes Released: timheuer.com/blog/
- Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
- Space Rocks game step 9 - the asteroid sprite: blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Space Rocks game step 10 - More fun with rocks: blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Windows IA (Information Architecture): blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
Links for April 2010
- Announcing availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- Coding4Fun - Photos Near You (Visual Basic Express or Visual C# Express): blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
- "Dogfooding" VS 2010 and .NET 4: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- Microsoft Express - Visual Studio Express and SQL Express: www.microsoft.com/express/
- Patterns & practices Catalog at a Glance: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
- Silverlight 4 Release - Happy Third Birthday, Silverlight: 10rem.net/blog/
- Silverlight 4 Released: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Visual Basic 2010 is here: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Visual Basic Developer Center: msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/vbasic/
- Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Released: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Visual Studio 2010 Released: www.hanselman.com/blog/
- Visual Studio goes international: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- Visual Web Developer 2010 Express has Arrived: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
Links for March 2010
- Building a Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application using Silverlight: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Develop for Windows: www.developforwindows.com
- Develop for Windows announcement: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Guide to what has changed in the Silverlight 4 RC: timheuer.com/blog/
- Key Software Development Trends: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- Metro-inspired apps to come courtesy of Silverlight: www.istartedsomething.com
- Microsoft Design Toolbox for Designers, Developers, Web Builders: www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/
- MIX10: live.visitmix.com
- Power of Blue Books for Platform Impact: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
- Silverlight Tutorials (Links): adamkinney.wordpress.com/tutorials/
- Space Rocks game step 1 - The game loop: blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Space Rocks game step 2 - Sprites (part 1): blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Space Rocks game step 3 - Sprites (part 2): blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Space Rocks game step 4 - Inheriting from Sprite: blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Space Rocks game step 5 - Rotating the ship: blogs.silverarcade.com/silverlight-games-101/
- Start preparing for the Silverlight Pivot control now: team.silverlight.net/announcement/
- .toolbox – Free online Silverlight and Expression Blend training: geekswithblogs.net/bdiaz/
Recent links:
- 25 Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips: blogs.msdn.com/saraford/
- Algorithmatic: algorithmatic.com
- Announcing Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6) and the Microsoft Ajax Minifier: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages (Humour): james-iry.blogspot.com
- Building Scalable Databases - Perspectives on the War on Soft Deletes: www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/
- Cloud Defined: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
- Determine if a point is contained within a polygon: www.ytechie.com
- DirectX Blog - Windows Imaging Component - Working with Images in Windows: blogs.msdn.com/directx/
- Game Idea - Galileo’s Conspiracy: blogs.msdn.com/devschool/
- Intro to Audio Programming Part 1 - How Audio Data is Represented: blogs.msdn.com/dawate/
- Intro to Audio Programming Part 2 - Demystifying the WAV Format: blogs.msdn.com/dawate/
- Join me in welcoming memcpy() to the SDL Rogues Gallery: blogs.msdn.com/sdl/
- Mapping Out the Microsoft Application Platform at a Glance: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
- Microsoft Helps Developers Write More Secure Code: www.microsoft.com/presspass/
- New Version of Kaxaml with Support for Silverlight 2 RTW: blog.nerdplusart.com
- Posters for Developers: www.drp.co.za/Posters/
- Sealver Algea (Silverlight animation): www.ergotinfo.fr
- Silverlight Basics #2: The anatomy of a “Hello world” application: blogs.msdn.com/agatastaniak/
- Silverlight Basics #3: All roads lead to Rome - mixing XAML and C#: blogs.msdn.com/agatastaniak/
- Top 10 Microsoft Programming Languages: www.eweek.com
- What’s New In Silverlight 3: silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- Which pixels do you turn on when you draw a line? (C# and VB): blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/
- Windows Server 2009 R2 Feature Components (Poster): seadragon.com/view/hid
General
- 10 programming proverbs that every developer should know: www.kevinwilliampang.com
- Latin terms and software terminology: blogs.technet.com/terminology/
- Major Milestone in JavaScript Standardization: blogs.msdn.com/jscript/
- The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery: research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/
Silverlight
- Accessible Media Player Using Closed Captions: team.silverlight.net
- Adopting Silverlight. The real story - Part 1: blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog/
- Be one of the first to get the Microsoft Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook: team.silverlight.net
- Binaural Beats Generator: www.ddtmm.com
- BugCamSmash – Motion Detection with Silverlight 4 Beta: adamkinney.wordpress.com
- BugCamSmash Dissected part 2 – Make the Bugs Crawl: adamkinney.wordpress.com
- BugCamSmash Dissected part 3 – Give the Bugs Brains: adamkinney.wordpress.com
- Calling Javascript functions from Silverlight 2: timheuer.com/blog/
- Creating a Pinball Game in Silverlight Using the Physics Helper Library + Farseer Physics: blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/
- Experiments in Building a Silverlight Photo Control (Part 1): mtaulty.com
- Experiments in Building a Silverlight Photo Control (Part 2): mtaulty.com
- Experiments in Building a Silverlight Photo Control (Part 3): mtaulty.com
- Expression Studio 2 Is Live: blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/
- First Look at Silverlight 2: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Flickr Viewer in Silverlight: scorbs.com/silverlight/flickr/flickrviewr/
- Get Started Programming With Silverlight 2: silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- Getting Started with Silverlight: team.silverlight.net
- Great Silverlight 2 Demo - Healthcare Demonstrator: blogs.msdn.com/tims/
- Helpful Silverlight Snippets: www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/02/silverlight-snippets/
- How to build an asteroids inspired Silverlight game: www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/SpaceRocks.aspx
- Lynda.com Silverlight Essential Training: silverlight.net/Learn/
- Microsoft Expression Blend and Design Blog: blogs.msdn.com/expression/
- Microsoft Expression Blend 2 December Preview Free Trial: www.microsoft.com/expression/products/
- Microsoft Expression Blend 2 Free Trial: www.microsoft.com/expression/
- Microsoft Expression Community: expression.microsoft.com
- Microsoft Expression Knowledge Centre: www.microsoft.com/expression/kc/
- Microsoft Expression Encoder Team Blog: blogs.msdn.com/expressionencoder/
- Microsoft Silverlight Homepage: www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
- Microsoft Silverlight Installation Page: www.microsoft.com/silverlight/install.aspx
- NASA releases Silverlight powered Photosynths of the International Space Station and Mars Science Lab: team.silverlight.net
- NBC Olympics Wins an Emmy with Silverlight: team.silverlight.net
- nibbles tutorials: www.nibblestutorials.net
- Recreating Frogger in Silverlight: www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/
- RIA - 10 questions on icon design: www.riagenic.com
- Silverlight 4 Debuts with Killer Demos at PDC09: www.nikhilk.net
- Silverlight Basics #1 - Introduction for dummies: blogs.msdn.com/agatastaniak/
- Silverlight Christmas Cards for 2009: adamkinney.wordpress.com
- Silverlight Collision Detection (1/3): home.exetel.com.au/thesandpit/?p=6
- Silverlight Collision Detection (2/3) - collision while dragging: home.exetel.com.au/thesandpit/?p=7
- Silverlight Collision Detection (3/3) - Drag speed: home.exetel.com.au/thesandpit/?p=8
- Silverlight Cream: geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/
- Silverlight HVP (Hyper Video Project) Spec: blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- Silverlight Live Streaming service update: timheuer.com/blog/
- Silverlight Tutorials for Beginners: wsinsiders.com/2010/01/29/silverlight-tutorials-for-beginners/
- Silverlight3D: www.denebspace.com/blog/
- SilverSurfer Guide: www.silversurfer-guide.com
- SilverTweet – Building a Silverlight Twitter client part 1: chris.59north.com
- SilverTweet – Building a Silverlight Twitter client part 2: chris.59north.com/post/
- SilverTweet – Building a Silverlight Twitter client part 5: chris.59north.com
- SilverZine - Silverlight Resource for Designers: silverzine.com
- The Silverlight Blog: team.silverlight.net
- Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Silverlight updates: timheuer.com/blog/
- What is Silverlight? (Part 1 of many): team.silverlight.net
- What’s New in Silverlight 3?: www.visitmix.com
- Why Silverlight is great for games: www.andybeaulieu.com
- Windows Platform, Silverlight 4, and Facebook: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
Visual Basic
- How to get a list of all files of a directory: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- MSDN code samples will be published in Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- New Learning Resources on the Visual Basic Developer Center: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi
- Prime Numbers, Code Challenges, and Programming Languages: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- The Temple of VB: code.msdn.microsoft.com/templeofvb
- Tips and Tricks for Finding Information about in the MSDN Library: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Updated Screensaver Example in Visual Basic: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Visual Basic 2010 - Implicit Line Continuation: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Visual Basic - Announcing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Visual Basic Code Samples: msdn.microsoft.com
- Visual Basic - The many cases of ByRef: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
Visual Studio 2010
- Announcing Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 2: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- F# in Visual Studio 2010: blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
- Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Available to MSDN Subscribers : blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/
- Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 documentation: msdn.microsoft.com
- VS 2010 / .NET 4 Release Candidate: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
- What’s New in Visual Studio 2010 – More Than You May Realise: mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/
Visual Studio
- Algorithms in C# - shortest path around a polygon (polyline routing): blogs.msdn.com/kirillosenkov/
- 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/
- .NET Framework 4 Universe (View in Deep Zoom): brad_abrams.members.winisp.net
- 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
- Prime Number smack down in C#: www.betterthaneveryone.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 C# Code Samples: msdn.microsoft.com
- 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 Learning Pack 2.0: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- 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