Computers

MSDN Event New York

I attended the MSDN Event in New York City yesterday. In my opinion, it was a very good presentation and demonstration of ASP.Net 2.0. Susan Wisowaty was the presenter. She did an excellent job on explaining how the new features work and illustrating them. Some quick observations: It was in the Regal movie theater, the whole place was filled, it started more than 10 minutes late. I was most interested in the first session, “Developing Compelling User Interfaces with Ease in ASP.NET 2.0.” She made such a good demo on using skins, master pages and navigation controls.

A look at Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta is one of Microsoft’s new incarnamtions. Designed for beginners and hobbyists, it is easy to use and learn … (like other Visual Basic editions, like versions 6 and earlier) and is free to download. Microsoft doesn’t provide that much information on VB2005EE home page, but I’m sure more will be released soon, along with the 1.0 release of it. As time goes on, I’ll cover more on this topic.

Update: Microsoft states on the Express Editions FAQ page that they will cost $50 a pop. What used to be free now costs money. Typical for a Microsoft product. The newer versions have been free since the release.

Update: It will be free until November 7, 2006