{"id":1083,"date":"2009-10-17T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-earl-vella\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:43:06","slug":"im-a-vb-earl-vella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-earl-vella\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Earl Vella"},"content":{"rendered":"

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·<\/span>        <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n

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9 years, hah saying it makes it look like it was yesterday.  <\/span>started with Basic on my father’s massive … well you cant really call something that big a ‘PC’. was introduced to Visual basic 6 by a friend and was addicted to it. Just as a modern console or an addictive FPS i was cought by VB6    <\/span>Then when starting Uni .net came out. Coding was now becoming easier and more powerfull than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n

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System development and Database Administration for the local leading water supply company<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/p>\n

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our team is currently a 3 man team. yeah this only means more and more work on all of us each day<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n

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internal corporate applications such as customer care, inventory and helpdesk<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/p>\n

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hah this is good one, well the most app that was ‘fun’ to make(hehe) was an alarm system for a series of equipment. such as if any equipment would develop a fault or raise an alarm the engineer on shift was sent an sms on his mobile telling him\/her what happened and where. was fun to work with a modem and sending sms ‘to test the system’ hehe. it was quite an easy project although it had to be done in less than 2 weeks. literally coding with wings!<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you’re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n

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working on an inventory system with some additional maintenance forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n

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sql and java sdk<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n

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XML IS OUT OF THIS WORLD<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n

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apart from the fact thats its so easy to use, its massivly powerfull and user friendly !!<\/p>\n

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For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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