Rough agenda: * Progress update: Website, Slack.NET... * Discuss ways that you can get involved, regardless of skill level. * ByVal and ByRef, what does this mean along with deeper dive of CLR ref and how VB takes this a step further. * "All About Nullables"  Dim a As Integer?... A question?  What does that mean? ...

After visiting Microsoft for the Microsoft MVP Summit in November, I was a bit “beat down”.  I came to a somewhat difficult (and in my mind, somewhat shocking) realization.  VB is dead! Wait, what? OK, so it requires a little explanation… After speaking with several long time MVP’s who were (and, in many ...

This is a "challenge month" where each participant will use GW-BASIC to build something "interesting" (something that works) from scratch in the hour and a half that is available.  Each project will be judged on across several aspects and the winner will walk away with an ESP8266! As a requirement to ...

I'll be going to Microsoft next month, so this month we will talk candidly about the current state of VB.NET... no sacred cows... ask anything and I'll be sure to get some of these questions answered with a recap (without breaking NDA) in Decembers meeting. As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not ...

Work has clobbered me this month, so we will just be covering random topics, questions, etc.  So come and ask "anything". As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the by the North Richland Hills Library, The Maker Spot or the City of North Richland Hills.

Continuing the efforts of the last two meetings, we will finish the project, using it to demonstrate the language features as well as some of the process behind "how to build software"... attend and participate. As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the by the ...

Last month went very well, a lot of interaction and we actually successfully built a random, undetermined, application from scratch that actually "worked".  We will continue to build on this project, using it to demonstrate the language features as well as some of the process behind "how to build software"... ...

We are going to build something using VB.NET... attend and participate. As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the by the North Richland Hills Library, The Maker Spot or the City of North Richland Hills.

A review of where we are with Visual Basic 2015 followed by what *might* be coming next based on trends and review of history. As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the by the North Richland Hills Library, The Maker Spot or the City of North Richland Hills.

What do you get with you take a microcontroller that costs between $2-$10 and set it up so that you can program it via the web with BASIC?  Let's find out! As a requirement to meet at this location, I have to share: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the by the North Richland Hills Library, The Maker Spot or the City of ...