MSDN’s Channel 9 has published a cool series of documentary videos providing an introspective into the history and thinking that has gone into the development of Microsoft’s programming languages (BASIC, Visual Basic, C# …) and their primary development platform consisting of Visual Studio’s IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and the .Net Framework.
I found Anders Hejlsberg’s and Scott Guthrie’s videos most enlightening, but admittedly I’m still working my way through the rest of the list. The videos average 40mins each but are very worthwhile. Enjoy!
Links to videos of the Visual Studio Documentary: