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Syntax Highlighted Code in Your Blog
I sometimes get questions about how to paste syntax highlighted code from Visual Studio into your...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/13/2007
Visual C# Team Picture: Fall, 2007
Double click the picture to see the full-sized version. Top Row: Zhe Fu, Luca Bolognese, Theo Yaung,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/12/2007
Partial Methods
Partial methods are a C# 3.0 technique used by code generators such as the one found in the LINQ to...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/11/2007
Community Convergence XXXV
Welcome to the thirty-fifth edition of Community Convergence. This week we have an interview with C#...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/05/2007
LINQ Farm: Querying a Collection of Integers
This simple example shows how to use LINQ to Objects to query a collection of Integers. Some readers...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/05/2007
Community Convergence XXXIV
Welcome to the Thirty-Fourth issue of Community Convergence. This is a time when the team is in...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/29/2007
C# Team and Habitat for Humanity
Members of the C# Team had a "Day of Caring" during which we worked for Habitat for Humanity...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/26/2007
Orcas Beta 2 VPC's to Expire November 1, 2007
I use one of the Beta 2 VPC's regularly, and so I was interested to learn that it will expire...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/26/2007
Open Source Initiative Approves Microsoft Licenses
The Open Source Initiative has approved two of Microsoft's licenses. This is important because it...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/23/2007
To WPF or not to WPF
I often get questions about whether one should use Windows Forms or WPF in particular circumstances....
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/23/2007
Looking for Input on Visual Studio Content
Kathleen McGrath and the folks who create the documentation for Visual Studio are running a survey...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/13/2007
.NET Framework Source Code to Ship with Orcas
Here is a piece of wonderful news: Scott Guthrie has announced today that we will be releasing the...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/03/2007
Community Convergence XXXII
Welcome to the thirty second issue of Community Convergence. I write these posts to keep you up to...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/29/2007
Anonymous Types in Query Expressions
This introductory level post covers a new LINQ feature in C# 3.0 called anonymous types. I'll focus...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/27/2007
INETA Community Leadership Summit
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Author: ccalvert Date: 09/26/2007
Community Convergence XXXI
Welcome to the thirty-first edition of Community Convergence. This issue features links to seven...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/25/2007
C# vs VB: Charlie on .NET Rocks!
It was the C# team vs the Visual Basic team last week on .NET Rocks, as I went mano-a-mano in a...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/24/2007
Charlie Speaking Wednesday, Sept 19 in San Francisco
I will be speaking this Wednesday in San Francisco on LINQ. When: Wednesday, 9/19/2007 at 6:30 PM...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/18/2007
Community Convergence XXX
Welcome to the thirtieth Community Convergence. This edition has a wide range of articles on...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/16/2007
Unified C# 3.0 Specification Now Available
Mads Torgersen and many other members of the C# team labored tirelessly to assemble the unified C#...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/21/2007
Community Convergence XXIX
There are several good new blogs from members of the Microsoft C# team. Nevertheless, the most...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/13/2007
LINQ to SQL Pipeline Video with Luca Bolognese and Matt Warren
C# Principal Architect Matt Warren and Lead PM Luca Bolognese detail the pipeline that hastens your...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/06/2007
Silverlight Tools Beta 2 and Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate Available for Download
The Microsoft Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 has been released. The...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/31/2007
Updatable Beta 2 ReadMe's for VS, Express, .NET Framework and MSDN Available Online
I often want to find the readme's for a beta after it has shipped. This is helpful both because they...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/30/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Released
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 was released to the web for download today. The releases are available...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/26/2007
CSharp Language Specification, Version 3.0 Available for Review
The CSharp Unified Language Specification is now available for review. This specification pulls...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/26/2007
Intro Available for Luca's Tech-Ed Talk
Luca Bolognese has added a brief introductory video about his talk on LINQ at Tech Ed. Other Tech Ed...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/21/2007
Community Convergence XXVIII
Welcome to the XXVIII Community Convergence. In these posts I try to wrap up events that have...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/20/2007
LINQ to SQL Introductory Video
This video shows the basic steps required to create a LINQ to SQL video using Visual Studio 2008...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/20/2007
Videos
I'm trying to pull together lists of available C# videos. I'll be working on this list over time,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/18/2007
Tech-Ed 2007: Day Three
It's the end of day three at Tech-Ed 2007. My only question is what happened to day 2? It must be...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/06/2007
Tech-Ed 2007: Day 1
It’s the end of the first day at Tech Ed 2007. I flew into Orlando yesterday, taking the 6 am flight...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/05/2007
Silverlight Controls and a Touch of LINQ in Orcas Beta 1
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Author: ccalvert Date: 05/28/2007
C# LINQ to SQL Chat for Monday May 21, 2007
Chat Topic: C# LINQ ChatDate: Monday, May 21, 2007Unique Attendees: 51Questions Answered: 29 Charlie...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/21/2007
Silverlight and C# in Orcas Beta 1
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Author: ccalvert Date: 05/21/2007
Community Convergence XXVII
Welcome to the 27th Community Convergence. I use this column to keep you informed of events in the...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/08/2007
C# Language and Compiler Team Chat, May 7, 2007
Chat Topic: C# Team ChatDate: Monday, May 07, 2007 Unique Users: 112 Questions Submitted: 61Charlie...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/08/2007
Anders Hejlsberg Talks about LINQ at Mix
Anders came back from Mix reporting that attendees were excited about Silverlight, the light-weight,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/02/2007
May CTP Install Problems on Vista (VB Script Error)
By now developers should be using Orcas Beta 1 if they want to work with LINQ. The latest LINQ bits...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/01/2007
Community Convergence XXVI
The biggest news in the C# community is the official announcement of Silverlight at the MIX...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/26/2007
Noteworthy Blogs on LINQ in Orcas Beta 1
Now that Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 is available, there are several great new posts about Orcas in...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/25/2007
Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 Available
You can now download Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1. Use one of the links found here: The Team Suite...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/19/2007
Community Convergence XXV
Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 is available for download. Though quite similar to the March CTP in terms...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/17/2007
Community Convergence XXIV
Recently my time has been taken up with a series of internal issues involving Beta1, C# Samples and...
Author: ccalvert Date: 03/29/2007
Upcoming C# Chats
In April and May the C# Team will have three public chats. April 23, 2007, 11 AM Pacific Time C#...
Author: ccalvert Date: 03/24/2007
101 LINQ Samples Code Updated
Just a quick note to let you know that the LINQ Samples code has been updated. The only change is to...
Author: ccalvert Date: 03/12/2007