{"id":1603,"date":"2009-07-11T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/07\/11\/im-a-vb-juan-rafael\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:47:10","slug":"im-a-vb-juan-rafael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-juan-rafael\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m A VB: Juan Rafael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"266\" src=\"\" width=\"200\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\"><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Website: <\/font><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/juanrafael.wordpress.com\/\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"3\">http:\/\/juanrafael.wordpress.com<\/font><\/a><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">7 years<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span>(7 a&ntilde;os)<\/span><\/i><i><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/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\">Software Company &#8211; ISV<\/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\"><i><span><font face=\"Calibri\">(Compa&ntilde;ia de Software &ndash; ISV)<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">I work in a development team that creates large solutions for several countries of the Andean region.<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span lang=\"ES\">(Equipo de desarrollo grande para soluciones en varios pa&iacute;ses de la regi&oacute;n andina.)<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"ES\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"ES\"><\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">WPF and Windows Applications<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span>(Aplicaciones Windows y WPF)<\/span><\/i><i><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">A commercial WPF application with geographical maps, using SQL Server 2008 and Live Services.<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span lang=\"ES\">(Una aplicaci&oacute;n comercial WPF con integraci&oacute;n con mapas geogr&aacute;ficos en SQL Server 2008 y Servicios Live.)<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"ES\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"ES\"><\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">I&rsquo;m developing new localized releases for Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 FP.<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span lang=\"ES\">(Desarrollo de Modulo Nuevo de Localizaci&oacute;n para Microsoft Dynamics SL 7 FP.)<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"ES\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"ES\"><\/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>SQL Server, Silverlight, MS Dynamics SL, MOSS<\/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\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Partial methods, Nullable types, LINQ, friend assemblies, etc.<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i><span lang=\"ES\">(M&eacute;todos parciales, Tipos Anulables, LINQ, Ensamblados amigos, etc.)<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"ES\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"ES\"><\/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\">Ease, productivity and efficiency.<\/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\"><i><span><font face=\"Calibri\">(Facilidad, productividad y eficiencia.)<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/imavb.net\/\"><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">. <\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Are you a VB, too? Submit your story <\/font><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=dRItygroketO20qGr5fcPA_3d_3d\"><b><span><font face=\"Calibri\">here<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a><font face=\"Calibri\"><b><span>!<\/span><\/b><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Website: http:\/\/juanrafael.wordpress.com &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? 7 years &nbsp; (7 a&ntilde;os) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Software Company &#8211; ISV &nbsp; (Compa&ntilde;ia de Software &ndash; ISV) &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How big is your development team? 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