Event Information

Preview: VB .NET 2.0
When:	Thursday, 2/12/2004 at 6:45 PM
Where:	CarrAmerica Conference Center, Auditorium, 4400 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Event Description
Sure, Edit and Continue is awesome and the other editor features that are coming in VB .NET 2.0 are going to make your life radically easier, but what about the core language? It’s not like those C# guys are going to have all the fun! You'll hear about the new VB .NET language features that are coming soon including: generics, operator overloading, unsigned types, enhanced warnings and a million little things to make programming in VB even better! We’ll talk not just about what we’re doing but why and how “Whidbey” is shaping up to be the best VB language ever! Every attendee will be eligible to win a copy of Visual Studio.NET Enterprise Developer ($1,799.00 Value) or any of these fantastic prizes provided by Microsoft Mobile DevCon: One of two ViewSonic V37 3.5" Pocket PC ($323.95 Value) One of two tickets to the Microsoft® Mobile Developer Conference 2004 at VSLive! March 23-27, 2004 ($1295.00 Value) Admission Free! Registration is requested to help us plan the meeting and serve you better.
Agenda
6:15 - 6:45 Check-in and free pizza!!! 6:45 - 7:15 Announcements, Tech Talk, Q & A, Networking 7:15 - 8:45 Presentation 8:45 - 9:00 Q&A, Raffle and Wrap-Up
Presenter's Bio
Paul Vick is a Technical Lead on Visual Basic .NET and is primarily responsible for the technical direction of the compiler and language. He is the author of the Visual Basic .NET Language Specification and the forthcoming reference book, The Visual Basic .NET Language.
Driving Directions
For driving directions to the CarrAmerica Center in Pleasanton click here. The CarrAmerica Center is 4 blocks from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Car Pool Need a ride? Need someone to ride with you? Click on our Car Pool link for this event. Join a car pool to this event. Get there fast and make some new friends! And best of all, it's all free!
Event Notes
We'd like to offer a special note of thanks to the folks at the CarrAmerica Conference Center for their generous donation of the Auditorium for this event. This is a beautiful facility and the gesture is greatly appreciated.