{"id":1163,"date":"2009-10-17T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-gaurav-khanna\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:43:40","slug":"im-a-vb-gaurav-khanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-gaurav-khanna\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Gaurav Khanna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Website: <\/span>http:\/\/gauravkhanna.blog.co.in<\/a> <\/p>\n

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

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My first language was VB6 in 2001 and working on VB.NET since it’s first release<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Software development and consulting<\/p>\n

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

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A small team of 4 developers<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Window Applications, ASP.NET Applications, WCF & Web Services, Window Services<\/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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It’s hard to name one most interesting. But my favourite application has been Network Surveillance software to monitor cameras at various geographical location with pan, tilt and zoom features.<\/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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I am currently working on e-commerce application with some modules in silverlight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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T-SQL & Integration Service in SQL Server, VC++ and most importantly WPF with VB.NET<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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XML Literals & Snippet are awesome. LINQ is also a great feature.<\/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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It’s simplicity, readability and great RAD capabilities. I can’t find a better programing language like this<\/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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