{"id":1723,"date":"2009-07-11T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/07\/11\/im-a-vb-jorge-paulino-visual-basic-mvp\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:48:09","slug":"im-a-vb-jorge-paulino-visual-basic-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-jorge-paulino-visual-basic-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Jorge Paulino, Visual Basic MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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10 years ago I started using VBA with Access and Excel. 6 years ago I discovered VB6, and it was love at first sight!  <\/span>After that I never stopped, and I jumped to VB.NET 4 years ago.  <\/span>I have programmed with VB.NET 2002, 2005 and I am currently programming with 2008. I hope to start programming with 2010 soon!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I work in the Automobile industry, for an international corporation. I also work with industrial automation (PLC’s), but my favourite is Windows Development.<\/p>\n

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

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What is a team? \ud83d\ude42 I’m the only developer in my department.  <\/span>There are other teams like mine that understand that it is a hard job: there is the project, design, writing code, documentation, etc. It’s not easy, but no one said it would be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Most of my applications work with DB access (SQL Server mainly) that read, write, update and search for information. Most of my projects are WinForms Applications, but I have also done some ASP.NET applications. I also use VBA for Excel automation, since I work with a lot of data, and that helps me a lot (and some colleagues as well).<\/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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A maintenance application system that we call “SGM”. It controls all the maintenance modules (preventive, corrective, predictive, and calibration), and also manpower, training, etc. It uses a lot of technologies like ADO.NET, XML, ClickOnce (for network deployment and updates), Reporting Services, etc. Since it’s used by a lot of different users with a lot of different computer configurations\/administrative restrictions, it’s very delicate to update, because users don’t have administrative privileges.<\/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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Currently, I’m implementing some new features in my “most interesting app”. I’m doing some reports and charts, using Microsoft Reporting Services and Microsoft Chart Control. I also have other small applications to improve. After that I will start with an Intranet application using ASP.NET and AJAX.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I use mainly WinForms, but I also use ASP.NET\/AJAX. In my free time, I’m working with WPF, and exploring new technologies like Lambda Expressions, LINQ, etc; all that can be useful.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Syntax, Case Insensitivity, XML Literals, XML Comments, Generics Classes, My Namespace, etc.<\/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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The fact that I can use VB in Windows, Web and Office Applications, because you don’t need to learn new languages for each different platform.<\/p>\n

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For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Are you a VB, too? Submit your story <\/font><\/span><\/b>here<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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