Basic Instincts: My Namespace Extensions with My Extensibility

Glenn Block explains how the Managed Extensibility Framework, a new library coming in .NET Framework 4.0, tackles the longstanding issue of building applications and components that can be reused and extended by others. Learn how to build apps that can use new functionality introduced by developers, framework authors and third-party extenders.Glenn BlockMSDN Magazine February 2010

Collection Initializers are a great addition to the language and allows concise syntax in order to initialize both framework and user defined collection types.Spotty BowlesMSDN Magazine October 2009

Error corrections are an essential part of the Visual Basic coding experience. This article explores the many error correction features offered by Visual Basic and provides a glimpse at the future release of Visual Studio 2010.Dustin CampbellMSDN Magazine July 2009

XML comments provide an easy and effective way to document your code. We'll show you how to use and customize XML comments in your Visual Basic projects.Lisa FeigenbaumMSDN Magazine May 2009

Reflection is useful for debugging and logging and otherwise providing the type information you need. Here you'll see how to use reflection on COM types.Lucian WischikMSDN Magazine January 2009

To introduce you to VSTO Power Tools Office interop API extensions, we'll walk through the development of an application that automates Outlook, Excel, and Word.Andrew Whitechapel, Phillip Hoff, and Vladimir MorozovMSDN Magazine December 2008

Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), XAML, and the deep XML support in Visual Basic to generate user interfaces dynamically.Beth MassiMSDN Magazine October 2008

Jared Parsons demonstrates a technique to achieve maximum performance from LINQ queries on large sets of data in order to create a responsive user interface.Jared ParsonsMSDN Magazine August 2008

Mike Volodarsky demonstrates the IIS 7.0 extensibility model by extending the Response Modification into a configurable Web server module and a custom management page for IIS Manager.Mike VolodarskyMSDN Magazine Launch 2008

With Visual Basic 9.0, working with XML gets much easier for developers. Here's a look at some of the new features, including LINQ support, XML literals, embedded expressions, XML properties, and XML Schema IntelliSense.Jonathan AnejaMSDN Magazine February 2008