Charlie Calvert's Community Blog
New in Help: Low Bandwidth View of the MS Online Library
When you are in the MSDN Library, you can now switch to a Low Bandwidth View of the Microsoft MSDN...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/13/2009
New Visual Studio Learn Page
Some folks here on the MSDN and BizApps teams put together a new learn page for the Visual Studio...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/07/2009
Short Windows 7 ‘How To’ Videos
If you haven’t tracked them down already, you might be interested in this set of short videos...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/01/2009
Community Convergence LI
Welcome to the fifty-first edition of Community Convergence. In this post I’m simply going to...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/29/2009
Community Convergence L
Welcome to the 50th issue of Community Convergence. Now that Visual Studio 2010 Beta is out, I think...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/11/2009
Dotfuscator in Visual Studio 2010
Those of you who are using Visual Studio 2010, Beta 1 have probably noticed the Dotfuscator...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/10/2009
Community Convergence XLIX (IL)
Welcome to the 49th edition of Community Convergence. The big excitment of late has been the recent...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/09/2009
Silverlight Animation Part II: Sprites
In the previous post in this series, you learned how to create a simple animation with Silverlight....
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/21/2009
Silverlight Layouts Part 1
This is the third in a series of posts on Silverlight. The text focuses on creating a basic...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/20/2009
Silverlight Simple Animation
This post is one of series on Silverlight. In this article the focus is on a technique that uses a...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/14/2009
Creating a New Silverlight Project in Visual Studio 2008
This post is part of a series of articles on Silverlight. The purpose of this post is describe how...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/08/2009
Publishing an ASP.NET Web Application in IIS
I had a need to publish a Web Application from Visual Studio 2008 into IIS, rather than into the...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/08/2009
Silverlight Revisited
I’ve written about Silverlight in previous posts published on this blog. Recently, however, I’ve...
Author: ccalvert Date: 04/02/2009
Essential LINQ Published
There was a knock on my door this morning. By the time I could make it to the front of the house,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 03/21/2009
Community Convergence XLVIII
Welcome to the 48th Community Convergence. The C# team continues to work hard to get out the next...
Author: ccalvert Date: 01/14/2009
10-4 Episode 1: Working with the Visual Studio 2010 CTP
A new series of videos on the Visual Studio 2010 September CTP has been launched. The first episode...
Author: ccalvert Date: 12/17/2008
Query Data with Parallel LINQ
This post shows a simple way to write code that takes advantage of multiple processors. You will see...
Author: ccalvert Date: 12/16/2008
Jeff Richter Video on Asynchronous Programming and his Power Threading Library
I recently had the chance to sit down with Jeff Richter and discuss his Power Threading Library....
Author: ccalvert Date: 12/04/2008
LINQ Reference Documentation
The LINQ documentation created by Microsoft is available both inside Visual Studio, and for free via...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/24/2008
Anders Hejlsberg Video on C# Dynamic
In this Channel 9 video C# architect Anders Hejlsberg answers some commonly asked questions about...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/13/2008
XNA Game Studio 3.0
The good folks who put together our gaming tools have released XNA Game Studio 3.0. They have a...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/10/2008
New Features in C# 4.0 Paper, plus Feedback and Samples
Mads Torgersen, a C# PM and member of the C# design team, has worked with other members of the C#...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/04/2008
Community Convergence XLVII
Welcome to the 47th Community Convergence. We had a very successful trip to PDC this year. In this...
Author: ccalvert Date: 11/03/2008
CodeRush Xpress for C#
Developer Express and Microsoft have arranged a free copy of limited features from CodeRush and...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/29/2008
LINQ Farm: Covariance and Contravariance in C# 4.0
This post covers the upcoming C# 4.0 support for covariance and contravariance when working with...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/28/2008
Visual Studio 2010 Pre-Beta CTP is Now Live
The pre-beta, Visual Studio 2010 bits are now available for download. You can get them here: Main...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/27/2008
Community Convergence XLVI
Welcome to the forty-sixth Community Convergence. There are three upcoming events for members of the...
Author: ccalvert Date: 10/26/2008
New Snippet Designer Add-in for Visual Studio
Matthew Manela, an engineer on our Online Tools team, has created and released a free,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/30/2008
LINQ Farm: Preserving Formatting with LINQ to XML
In a previous post, you saw how to work with line numbers when using LINQ to XML to read a file....
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/30/2008
LINQ Farm: LINQ to XML and Line Numbers
There are times when it is useful to know the line number of a node in an XML file. This information...
Author: ccalvert Date: 09/26/2008
Charlie to Speak on LINQ at DevLink
I will be speaking this Friday and Saturday, August 22nd and 23rd, at devLink near Nashville, TN. I...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/19/2008
Future Focus: Document Map Margin
We are continuing our series of posts about proposed features for the next version of Visual Studio....
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/15/2008
Released: .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit
Microsoft has recently released an updated training kit with presentations, hands-on labs, demos and...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/11/2008
Released: Visual Studio Service Pack 1; .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
Visual Studio Service Pack 1 and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 are now available for download. A new...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/11/2008
Axialis IconWorkshop™ Lite for VS 2008
No, I haven't totally lost my mind and gone completely marketing mad. This is a free add-in to...
Author: ccalvert Date: 08/08/2008
Video: New Error Checking Feature in Visual Studio Service Pack 1
In this 12 minute video I talk with C# IDE PM DJ Park about a new feature in Visual Studio 2008...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/25/2008
Community Convergence XLV
Welcome to the 45th Community Convergence. I recently reached the two year mark here at Microsoft,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/25/2008
LINQ Farm: More on the LINQ Aggregate Operators
The LINQ aggregate operators allow you to perform simple math operations over the elements in a...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/24/2008
LINQ Farm: More on Set Operators
This is a second post on the LINQ Set operators, the first being published while LINQ was still in...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/12/2008
Video: Meet the C# Design Team with Anders Hejlsberg
Here is a video on Channel 9 with the members of the C# design team. The discussion covers C# 4.0,...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/11/2008
Future Focus: Searching and Navigating to Symbols
C++ PM Boris Jabes has added to our series of articles on features that are being considered for the...
Author: ccalvert Date: 07/11/2008
LINQ Farm: Lambdas
Lambdas are a simple technology with an intimidating name. They sound like they are going to be...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/28/2008
LINQ Farm: Extension Methods and Scoping
There are a few scoping rules that you must keep in mind when using extensions methods. Problems...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/28/2008
Cut Development Time: Use LINQ
When Microsoft employees talk about LINQ publicly, we haven't tended to emphasize how much time you...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/16/2008
WPF Farm: Simple WPF
It can be helpful to start from the beginning when working with new technologies. This post explains...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/14/2008
Visual Studio IDE Talk at Tech Ed 2008
I will be giving a talk at Tech Ed 2008, in Orlando Florida Title: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE...
Author: ccalvert Date: 06/02/2008
Color Schemes for the Visual Studio Editor
Developers with a bit of time on their hands have built some beautiful color schemes for the Visual...
Author: ccalvert Date: 05/26/2008
Where are the Visual Studio 2008 Keybinding Posters?
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Author: ccalvert Date: 05/25/2008