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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Visual Studio Documentary – The History of Visual Studio on Channel 9

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for the last week or so and I’m finally getting to it. Ever wonder where Visual Studio and the rest of the Microsoft development tools like Visual Basic, C++, and so on got their start? A two-part Visual Studio Documentary on Channel 9 pulls back the curtains on the history of your favorite development environment going waaaay back in time to the beginning. You’ll see interviews with Microsoft employees and industry veterans as they recount their memories of the early days of Visual Basic, Visual Studio, and .NET. This is a very worthwhile and interesting look back at where things used to be and how we got to where we are now. I highly recommend you check it out.

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Posted On Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:20 PM | Feedback (0)

How Do Your .NET Applications Know If They’re Running Under Windows 7?
Sometimes it’s the little things that seem to drive ya nuts while developing an application. This is a follow up post to a my How Do Your .NET Applications Know if They're Running Under Vista? post from September 2008.

There are features in Windows 7 that are NOT available in earlier versions of Windows so there may be times when you need to know what OS your application is running under. Determining the OS version is as simple as checking a few properties on the the System.Environment.OSVersion object. For Windows 7 you will want to confirm the build number as well as the major and minor version values.



Seems simple enough.

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Posted On Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:07 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows 7 Developer Learning Resources on Channel 9

If you’re looking to jumpstart your Windows 7 developer skills then check out the Windows 7 Developer Learning Resources available on Channel 9. You’ll find videos, hands-on labs, and real-world coding samples to help you ramp up your skills on the new developer features in Windows 7.

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