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Newest Visual Basic Articles Using Literal XML with Embedded Expressions in VB9 By Paul Kimmel - Published 04/29/2008 Learn how to use literal XML with VB9 and embed expressions, such as LINQ queries, in the XML.
Using Visual Studio Tools for Office in Visual Studio 2008 By M. Rajesh - Published 04/28/2008 Discover how to create applications that make use of the Ribbon interface in Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) within Visual Studio 2008.
Search and Replace with Regular Expressions By Paul Kimmel - Published 03/17/2008 Learn how to use regular expressions in Visual Studio's Quick Find and Quick Replace dialog for improved code replacement.
Programming with LINQ to SQL By Paul Kimmel - Published 03/07/2008 You can use LINQ to SQL to define an Object Relational Mapping between SQL tables and then query those tables with LINQ.
Fixing a Quirk of VB Lambda Expressions By Paul Kimmel - Published 02/21/2008 Learn how to define Lambda Expressions that perform an action without a return value.
Visualizing LINQ Sequences with GDI+ By Paul Kimmel - Published 02/04/2008 Discover a utility for quickly obtaining and managing rectangles within rectangles. The rectangles then can be used to do things such as manage the layout of dynamically generated forms or visualize LINQ queries.
XML Documents from Comments By Paul Kimmel - Published 01/08/2008 Intellisense is a programmer's best friend. The framework is too big to memorize, but Intellisense can make finding things manageable. Extend Intellisense into your own code with XML comments in Visual Studio 8 and 9.
Highlighted Visual Basic Tutorials Tutorials: Discover Visual Basic By Bill Hatfield -
Are you new to Visual Basic .NET? Best-selling Dummies author Bill Hatfield teaches you the basics of Visual Basic .NET.
Discovering Visual Basic .NET By Bill Hatfield -
There is no need to put off learning Visual Basic .NET any longer. With this tutorial you will be on your way!
VB .NET Uncovered: Getting Started By Karl Moore -
Move over Ibiza, here comes VB.NET Uncovered! In this six-part series, the wizzy Karl Moore gives you the ultimate lowdown on the next version of Visual Basic — in English. In this first instalment, he looks at setting up VB.NET, explores the new programming environment, plus does the 'Hello World' thing all over again.
Windows Secrets for Visual Basic, Part 1 By Karl Moore -
Veteran VB-World author Karl Moore makes his return this week, with the first of twelve articles in which he exposes some of the most hidden .NET secrets. In this article, Moore uncovers a bundle of nifty Windows form tricks. Interested? Read on...
ActiveX Control Tutorial - Part 1 By Karl Moore -
Confused over controls? Puzzled by properties? Fear no more as Karl Moore dons centre stage to explain all. By the end of this first tutorial, you'll be an ActiveX wizard and a love machine. Well, maybe just an ActiveX wizard...
Programming with Stored Procedures in Visual Basic .NET (Part 1) By Paul Kimmel -
Stored procedures are an excellent way to optimize complex business solutions for database applications. Learn how you can edit and run stored procedures in Visual Studio .NET and how to incorporate them into your Visual Basic .NET applications.
Taking the Visual out of Visual Basic By Karl Moore -
Learn how to creating a DOS-style console application with Visual Basic. The simplicity of doing this may surprise you!
Multi- and many-core chips are entering the mainstream and one of the first software development authorities to take note was C++ expert Herb Sutter. Thanks to his practical insights, a new generation may grok concurrency sooner than previously thought possible. Herb Sutter took time recently to speak with Go Parallel about the multi-core chip revolution and how it's affecting software developers. 
