{"id":2153,"date":"2009-07-03T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/07\/03\/im-a-vb-shawn-greer\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:51:16","slug":"im-a-vb-shawn-greer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-shawn-greer\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Shawn Greer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Website: <\/font><\/span>http:\/\/vbstyler.codeplex.com\/<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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

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I believe 4 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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None currently. I am just a hobbyist right now.<\/p>\n

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

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I currently have no team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I like to make user controls on the visual side. I like games and go deep into paint functions.<\/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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I made a game for a friend once. It was sort of a hang man game. It used WPF and it was built to be run on a TV screen so scale was a big concern. We like to play it at his house every now and then.<\/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 just editing my codeplex page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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WPF, ASP.Net, sometimes SQL. Mostly if it uses any amount of VB code, I am in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Intellisense, intellisense, intellisense. Every once in a while I use intellisense to learn a new command. I even love adding it to my user controls.<\/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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It is just so simple to me. It just makes sense to me.<\/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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