by John Browne, on Sep 15, 2017, 2:59:52 PM
Let's return briefly to 2002--a year both celebrated for its numerologic significance to middle-aged BMW owners and darkened by its Billboard #1 hit. Largely outlasting the former and certainly more …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 30, 2017, 5:03:19 PM
We have a new video up today addressing the question of how state is handled in AI Migrator apps. This concept is multi-layered and so the video is merely an …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 22, 2017, 11:05:24 AM
Being an introduction into how GAP AI Migrator implements ASP.NET MVC in generated code. GAP AI Migrator takes a C# desktop app and converts it to a web app. The …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jul 25, 2017, 1:43:32 PM
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WEB. Actually in the beginning was DOS, then Windows, then Visual Basic, then .NET. But we'll get back to them later. Consider: The Advanced …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 17, 2017, 9:00:00 AM
Friday May 12 saw the worst cyber attack in years, as a worm (WannaCry, Wanna, or Wcry) spread through computer networks encrypting files and demanding a ransom of anywhere from …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 19, 2017, 7:30:00 AM
Migrating off VB6 has never been more important. Every passing day VB6 gets riskier and more problematic to keep around. Millions of lines of Visual Basic 6.0 code still run …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 1, 2017, 6:00:00 AM
Our skunkworks team has been working overtime on a new product that I think is a real game changer. Before I tell you about it, let me set the stage …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 21, 2017, 6:00:00 AM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 In our continuing struggle to make the world safe from nasty old legacy code, we …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 3, 2017, 2:33:35 PM
TL/DR: It's not an infinity symbol. The logo for Visual Studio looks a lot like the symbol for infinity--which might make you wonder if that's the expected compile time for …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 2, 2017, 5:25:28 PM
As part of what will be a brief but on-going series celebrating Visual Studio's 20th anniversary, I bring you a short video: Who did Ballmer hate more? Ok, some explanation …
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