{"id":2103,"date":"2009-07-03T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/07\/03\/im-a-vb-ed-lance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:50:55","slug":"im-a-vb-ed-lance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-ed-lance\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Ed Lance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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I have been using VB since around 1995 when I started developing with Access.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I own a software development company.  <\/span>We develop custom, data intensive, corporate software for many industries, including manufacturing, construction, retail and insurance.<\/p>\n

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

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Around three people.  <\/span>We use subcontractors to add capacity when we need it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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ASP.Net apps, sometimes with SQL Server reports, Windows apps, Access apps, either stand alone or as front ends to SQL Server databases.<\/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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One client recently asked me to build an entire accounting system!  <\/span>I’m learning more about accounting than I ever thought I would.  <\/span>I am still building it, but I think it already qualifies as most interesting.<\/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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I am finishing up an online insurance application.  <\/span>Agents fill in online forms, and the data is submitted via web services to the company’s back end underwriting system.  <\/span>The online form is an intelligent wizard style interface.  <\/span>The app is made to be able to add other form sets in the future.  <\/span>The user can also export their online data to PDF forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n

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Heavy SQL Server development, databases and reporting, Access, HTML\/CSS\/javascript, Acrobat forms, a little Sharepoint.  <\/span>We will be doing Silverlight in the future, with VB of course!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The My namespace has proven useful to get things done quickly.  <\/span>Just having VB be a first rate OO language on the .Net platform is wonderful.  <\/span>I remember too well what it was like before!<\/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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I think VB is a highly readable language (better than a bunch of ‘;’ and ‘{‘).  <\/span>That creates more maintainable, and thus less costly code.  <\/span>It is a great language for beginners, but also has all the power to create professional, high quality finished applications.  <\/span>It is too bad that Microsoft has failed to support and encourage its use as a first rate, professional development language, since it moved to .Net.<\/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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