{"id":1343,"date":"2009-10-17T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-john-kotronis\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:45:07","slug":"im-a-vb-john-kotronis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-john-kotronis\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m A VB: John Kotronis"},"content":{"rendered":"<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 VB 6 begun<\/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\">Hotels, Insurances, Databases, IT, ERP, CRM<\/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 to 10<\/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>WinForm application<\/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>Dynamic ERP that is divided in Dlls one dll per each specific occupation, and 5 basics dll modules that are the fundamentals of every kind of company. this Erp software (which i call Chameleon) is also Form dynamic every user can draw its own form and create it own data-tables and columns and manage there data.<\/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>The &#8220;Chameleon&#8221; ERP<\/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>DevExpress<\/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>LINQ and Dev Express&#8217;s XPO<\/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\">its simplicity in logic and typing.<\/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; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? Since VB 6 begun &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Hotels, Insurances, Databases, IT, ERP, CRM &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How big is your development team? 1 to 10 &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What kind of apps do you most commonly build? WinForm application &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What&rsquo;s the most interesting app you&rsquo;ve ever [&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-1343","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; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? Since VB 6 begun &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Hotels, Insurances, Databases, IT, ERP, CRM &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How big is your development team? 1 to 10 &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What kind of apps do you most commonly build? WinForm application &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What&rsquo;s the most interesting app you&rsquo;ve ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}