Website: http://www.alcoda.ch

·        How long have you been using VB?

12 years.

·        How big is your development team?

2 developers.

·        What kind of apps do you most commonly build?

Software for libraries (public and private).

·        Please tell us about an app that you’re working on at the moment.

It is a library management system.

For the staff: a WindowsForms application

For the public users: a Web application

ASP.NET, Windows and Web Services for communication between library catalogues.

·        What other technologies do you most commonly use?

SQL Server 2005/2008.

·        What are some of your favorite VB features?

Every kind of app can be programmed: WinForms app, Web app, Windows Service, Web Service, Silverlight.

·        What do you like most about VB as a programming language?

Object Oriented Programming.

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