{"id":1743,"date":"2009-07-11T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/07\/11\/im-a-vb-erick-kurniawan-visual-basic-mvp\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:48:20","slug":"im-a-vb-erick-kurniawan-visual-basic-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-erick-kurniawan-visual-basic-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m A VB: Erick Kurniawan, Visual Basic MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\"><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\">Blog: <\/font><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/geeks.netindonesia.net\/blogs\/erickkurniawan\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"3\">http:\/\/geeks.netindonesia.net\/blogs\/erickkurniawan<\/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\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span>I&#8217;ve been using VB for about 4 years now. I used VB since VB6. Now I use VB9 for my current project.<\/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\">Academic, I am working as lecturer. I also developed several projects for the Academic Information System.<\/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>2-3 people, including me.<\/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>Academic Information System, Accounting, etc.<\/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>All applications that I created by using VB is very interesting and impressive \ud83d\ude42<\/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>I&#8217;m developing applications for the Academic Information System for the Faculty of Medicine.<\/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>ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, and ORM Frameworks like Subsonic and LINQ to SQL.<\/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>All the new features in VB9: XML Literals, LINQ, Lambda Expressions, and the new Implicit Line Continuations from VB10. \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">It&rsquo;s simple and easy. I think VB + Visual Studio is the best combination for RAD and Productivity.<\/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\"><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; Blog: http:\/\/geeks.netindonesia.net\/blogs\/erickkurniawan &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? I&#8217;ve been using VB for about 4 years now. I used VB since VB6. Now I use VB9 for my current project. &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Academic, I am working as lecturer. I also developed several projects for the Academic [&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-1743","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; Blog: http:\/\/geeks.netindonesia.net\/blogs\/erickkurniawan &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How long have you been using VB? I&#8217;ve been using VB for about 4 years now. I used VB since VB6. Now I use VB9 for my current project. &nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What industry do you work in? Academic, I am working as lecturer. 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