Scott Wiltamuth's Visual Studio blog
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Date: 01/26/2011
Source code release for F# compiler and libraries
F# fans will want to check out Don Syme's post regarding source code releases of F# compiler and...
Date: 11/05/2010
Silverlight and Dynamic Languages
People interested in dynamic languages and Silverlight will definitely want to install Silverlight 4...
Date: 04/28/2010
Speaking at Philly.NET
I had a great time last night at the Phillly .NET as part of our launch tour activities. I did a...
Date: 04/27/2010
VS 2010 for Japanese, German, and French
We're excited to announce availability of VS 2010 for Japanese, German, and French locales! Check...
Date: 04/20/2010
More VS 2010 Launch Links
Here are some additional launch-related links. These are for on-demand versions of the launch talks:...
Date: 04/14/2010
VS 2010 Launch
Product launches are a lot of fun for us. We've been busy at work on VS 2010 since we released VS...
Date: 04/14/2010
VB and C# Coevolution
As we are approaching the release of VS 2010, I have seen a number of questions from customers about...
Date: 03/09/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate
We're super-excited to have our VS 2010 Release Candidate out. Thanks to everyone who gave us great...
Date: 02/09/2010
VS 2010 videos
Check out this new VS 2010 and .NET Fx 4.0 videos page on channel9. We're rolling out a set of...
Date: 11/11/2008
PDC videos
For those of you who are not at PDC in LA this week, watching the videos is a great substitute. I...
Date: 10/29/2008
C# PDC videos
With PDC going on in LA this week, we have a number of new C# videos available: Anders' PDC talk on...
Date: 10/29/2008
Anders Hejlsberg's "Where are programming languages going?" talk at JAOO
Anders gave a great talk at JAOO last week that I'm watching now, "Where are programming languages...
Date: 10/07/2008
Taking money from Anders Hejslberg
Alex Turner's story about how he took $202 from Anders Hejlsberg is very amusing. And true! I...
Date: 12/20/2007
More JavaScript discussion on Ajaxian
Re: my earlier post on the future of JavaScript, there is another interesting item today on Ajaxian:...
Date: 10/29/2007
The Future of JavaScript
Gabriele Renzi has a good post on the future of JavaScript: "ECMAScript 4, the fourth system...
Date: 10/29/2007
F# Press Coverage
Soma blogged earlier announcing our intent to productize F#, and we are seeing some press coverage...
Date: 10/26/2007
Second Life .NET User Group
Funny thing. As soon as I blogged about Second Life at OOPSLA, I happened across the Second Life...
Date: 10/24/2007
Second Life at OOPSLA
There was an interesting session at OOPSLA yesterday called "Second Life: The World's Biggest...
Date: 10/24/2007
Working with MSR Cambridge
I've been traveling for the last week or so, first to Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England and...
Date: 10/24/2007
Unified Communications for Developers
In sync with the release of unified communications products, Bill Gates published a well-written...
Date: 10/16/2007
New Position for Me
I recently switched from managing a large group (VB, VC#, VC++, and Phoenix product units) to...
Date: 10/15/2007
Signed C# Book
I got a nice email on Friday from Tudor Vlad, who was very happy to receive a copy of C# Programming...
Date: 10/15/2007
Bill Gates on Channel9
Bill Gates is featured in a new Channel9 video. He talks about compatibility, Atlas, Mix, Office 12,...
Date: 02/18/2006
Rusty Miller on test tools and techniques we used to develop VS 2005
Rusty Miller, C# Test Manager, has a really good post on test tools and techniques that we used...
Date: 02/12/2006
Visual Studio servicing information
Check out the Visual Studio servicing information that we recently posted. Servicing -- including...
Date: 02/09/2006
Servicing plans for VS 2003 and VS 2005
Today has been a big day, with the official launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and...
Date: 11/07/2005
VS 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 Ship Party
The day we shipped VS 2005 and .NET, we had a big party for the whole product development team. I've...
Date: 11/02/2005
Updated LINQ bits for VS 2005 RTM
We're all very excited about shipping VS 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0! Woohoo! Our earlier LINQ Tech...
Date: 10/31/2005
Cédric Beust on C# and Java language directions
Cédric Beust of the Java community has a post today comparing Microsoft and Sun approaches and...
Date: 10/19/2005
O'Reilly OnDotnet.com interveiw with Anders Hejlsberg
O'Reilly's OnDotnet.com has an interview with Anders Hejlsberg by John Osborn: C#: Yesterday, Today,...
Date: 10/18/2005
Meeting with student developers in Slovakia
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I spent this week in England and Slovakia doing some training and...
Date: 10/18/2005
My Cross-Pond week
I spent last week doing some training and customer visits in London, England and Bratislava,...
Date: 10/18/2005
Larry O'Brien and SD Times coverage of LINQ
Larry O'Brien has an SD Times opinion piece and several blog posts on LINQ: Select * From IQF:...
Date: 10/05/2005
eWeek article on Microsoft's commitment to developers
Darryl Taft of eWeek has a long article today that talks about Microsoft's commitment to developers,...
Date: 10/04/2005
MVP Summit
The MVP Summit is wrapping up today. Unfortunately, I can't attend today's events (my wife is in...
Date: 10/01/2005
Jon Udell on LINQ
Jon Udell posts LINQ 101: "I've been checking out the LINQ technical preview, and it's definitely an...
Date: 09/28/2005
Borland Plans to Support MS LINQ in Delphi Platform
eWeek: Borland Plans to Support MS LINQ in Delphi Platform. "Microsoft announced its Language...
Date: 09/28/2005
It's a small world after all
I had two experiences this week that made me think "It's a small world after all." The first was at...
Date: 09/20/2005
Kids Programming Language (KPL)
Today I had a chance to meet with several people who are working on Kids Programming Language (KPL)....
Date: 09/20/2005
Even more LINQ news items -- Peter Coffee and Slashdot
Here are a few more recent ones: eWeek has a Peter Coffee column: Access to Data No Longer the...
Date: 09/19/2005
More LINQ news items
I blogged earlier with some of the early news items and feedback on Language Integrated Query...
Date: 09/15/2005
VB and Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Paul Vick gave a good PDC talk this morning on VB language futures. VB and C# are focused on...
Date: 09/15/2005
Visual Studio Tools for Applications announcement
I've worked at Microsoft long enough that some of the products I helped deliver are now a bit long...
Date: 09/14/2005
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) feedback
We're getting strong feedback on Language Integrated Query (LINQ), both in-person at PDC and online....
Date: 09/14/2005
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) at PDC
Today at PDC, we announced and demo'd Language Integrated Query (LINQ). LINQ consists of language...
Date: 09/13/2005
Soma on Nullable
Soma has a good post on a late change we made to Nullable<T> for Whidbey, aka VS 2005 and .NET...
Date: 08/13/2005
Power Collections for .NET released
Peter Golde, one of the original designers of the C# language, has been working recently on Power...
Date: 07/29/2005
WinFx Beta 1 and new names
Yesterday's Longhorn Beta 1 release is also accompanied by Win Fx Beta 1, which makes it easier for...
Date: 07/28/2005