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VIDEO: twinBASIC Update at DevCon Vienna 2023

Learn about what the future of twinBASIC and Microsoft Access might look like from my Access DevCon Vienna 2023 presentation.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: May 7, 2023

Highlights include a new Access library from Ben Clothier built with twinBASIC, a project status update from Wayne, and a couple of tB mentions in Reddit.

Week in Review

Week in Review: May 6, 2023

Highlights include automating DSN-less links to SQL Server, a deep dive on the form delete events, and the full release of the new Edge-based browser control.

Announcement

Edge-Based Browser Control Officially Released

It's officially here. The new Edge-based web browser control for Microsoft Access is now Generally Available for Microsoft 365 versions 2304 and later.

AI

How to Use the CLEAR Framework to Get Better Results from ChatGPT

Five concepts to help you improve your "prompt engineering" skills.

DevCon

Documentation Update from Jeff Conrad

Microsoft content manager Jeff Conrad provides a surprisingly interesting behind-the-scenes look at how Access documentation is created and managed.

DevCon

Microsoft Access - Latest Innovations and the Road Ahead - Access DevCon 2023

The Microsoft Access team provides updates on Code Signing, Dataverse, In-App Messaging, the Edge Browser Control, and future development priorities.

DevCon

Access DevCon Vienna 2023 - Day Two Recap

A brief recap of the five sessions on Day 2 of Access DevCon Vienna, the premiere English-speaking Microsoft Access global conference.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: April 30, 2023

Highlights include twinBASIC's annual DevCon Vienna appearance and fafalone's ucExplorer control running in 64-bit MS Access.

Week in Review

Week in Review: April 29, 2023

Highlights include the release of the Northwind 2.0 database templates, automatic form resizing, and a deep dive into VBA events with a.p.r. pillai.

DevCon

Access DevCon Vienna 2023 - Day One Recap

A brief recap of the six sessions on Day 1 of Access DevCon Vienna, the premiere annual English-speaking Microsoft Access global conference.

Presentations

twinBASIC Update: DevCon 2023

Links and resources from my talk today at Access DevCon Vienna 2023, twinBASIC + Access: Future Plans.

Presentations

Defensive Programming - DevCon 2023

Links and resources from my talk tomorrow at Access DevCon Vienna 2023, Some Bugs are Better than Others: Defensive Programming Tips and Tricks.

AI

How ChatGPT Helped Me Write a Complex Stored Procedure in SQL Server

Stop treating ChatGPT like an all-knowing oracle and start treating it like the hard-working, enthusiastic, but not-quite-fully-formed intern that it currently is.

Bug Types

Why You Should Learn to Love Syntax Errors

The immediate negative feedback loop that syntax errors provide is a powerful learning tool.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: April 23, 2023

Highlights include a status update from Wayne Phillips, extended discussion of twinBASIC on two web forums, and updates to fafalone's ucExplorer control.

Week in Review

Week in Review: April 22, 2023

Highlights include episode 5 of Karl Donaubauer's Access News video update, how to sell Access services with Juan Soto, and lightweight MVVM in VBA.

Commentary

AI is the Future...And the Future is Now

Used properly, AI is the greatest force-multiplying technology the world has ever seen.

Code Library

TryGetForm: Set a Strongly-Typed Form Object in Access VBA

The TryGetForm function helps you convert "stringly-typed" code into "strongly-typed" code when working with Access forms in VBA.

Defensive Programming

Five Ways to Turn Runtime Errors into Compile Errors in VBA

Compile errors are cheaper and easier to fix than runtime errors. Here are five ways to turn potential runtime errors into compile errors.

Basic

Why You Should Always Use Option Explicit in VBA

Don't let typos and logic errors ruin your VBA code. Read our latest blog post to learn about the importance of Option Explicit and how to use it.

Defensive Programming

Five Ways to Turn Logic Errors into Runtime Errors in VBA

Runtime errors are cheaper and easier to fix than logic errors. Here are five ways to make that happen.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: April 16, 2023

Highlights include a steady dose of bug fixes and and a brief recap of twinBASIC's standing in slant.co's list of "best BASIC-like programming languages."

Week in Review

Week in Review: April 15, 2023

Highlights include drawing stoplights and dials on reports, a SQL-to-VBA-to-SQL utility, creating calendar reports, and migrating Access tables to SQL Server.

SQL Server

B-BEAR: Quick and Dirty SQL Server Testing

Begin, Before, Execute, After, Rollback. This technique makes testing your SQL Server statements a snap.