{"id":1123,"date":"2009-10-17T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-anders-borg\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:43:25","slug":"im-a-vb-anders-borg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-anders-borg\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Anders Borg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Website: <\/span>http:\/\/www.abiro.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

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

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Since 1998 I think (starting with VB6).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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None in particular<\/p>\n

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

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1<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Applications controlling hardware or doing calculations or both.<\/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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Commercially: http:\/\/translate.google.se\/translate?prev=hp&hl=sv&js=y&u=http:\/\/www.rorkraft.se\/pipecalc\/index.htm&sl=sv&tl=en&history_state0= (VB.NET 2008)    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span>For personal use (so far): http:\/\/www.abiro.com\/lab\/snapper.php (VB6)<\/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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A MIDI Echo for personal and commercial use. A tool I developed a long time ago in C for MS-DOS, but that I’m now “re-inventing” in Visual Basic. It’s hard to describe, but think echoes in multiple layers in completely different timbres and octaves and volume than the initial musical “phrase”. Simple at the core, but a very creative tool for a musician (play against yourself).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Security keys (Sentinel, Rockey)  <\/span>Deployment Project    <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span>I also use NetBeans and Eclipse for Java (mainly MIDlets and Android), PHP, CSS etc, Frontpage for HTML (mainly prototyping), C#, Python (for telematics), etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The WYSIWYG editor and the no-brainer connection to underlying code.  <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/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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I’ve found it’s much faster to write code in VB than in e.g. C or C++, or even C#, due to the “word processor” style of almost text-only programming. No special characters needed for the most part, so I can write code very fast. I write very fast when I’m in “manic” mood.    <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>I also like the WYSIWYG dialog\/form editor of course, even though that’s obviously also available for C# etc.    <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The fact that it’s based on the extremely powerful .NET platform, providing a toolbox that’s vaster than I will ever be able to utilize.<\/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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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