{"id":1273,"date":"2009-10-17T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-diego-cattaruzza-visual-basic-mvp\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:44:29","slug":"im-a-vb-diego-cattaruzza-visual-basic-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-diego-cattaruzza-visual-basic-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m A VB: Diego Cattaruzza, Visual Basic MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/10\/o_catt.jpg\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span><\/span><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>Website: <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span><\/span><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/community.visual-basic.it\/Diego\">http:\/\/community.visual-basic.it\/Diego<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visual-basic.it\/\">http:\/\/www.visual-basic.it<\/a><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>since version 4.0 (1995)<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Public Administration (City od Trieste)<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">How big is your development team?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>1 person (myself)<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>Access, Excel, Word little application to substitute big applications lacks<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What&rsquo;s the most interesting app you&rsquo;ve ever built?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>Statistic and billing management for city fruit and vegetable market<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Please tell us about an app that you&rsquo;re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>web management Q &amp; A for city government, statistic application for city tasks control.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>I&#8217;m developing with PHP also, but I hate it.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>plain syntax, the way you think is the way you develop, and vice versa. High versatility.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&middot;<\/span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">The plain sintax: no abbreviations, no absurd constructs, no bizarre expressions<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span>For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/span><\/b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/imavb.net\/\"><b><span>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Website: http:\/\/community.visual-basic.it\/Diego http:\/\/www.visual-basic.it &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? since version 4.0 (1995) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Public Administration (City od Trieste) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How big is your development team? 1 person (myself) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What kind of apps do you most commonly build? Access, Excel, Word little application to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":8818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,195],"tags":[73,119],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-im-a-vb","category-visual-basic","tag-im-a-vb","tag-pages"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Website: http:\/\/community.visual-basic.it\/Diego http:\/\/www.visual-basic.it &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? since version 4.0 (1995) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? 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