{"id":2243,"date":"2009-06-29T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/06\/29\/im-a-vb-jens-burup\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:51:58","slug":"im-a-vb-jens-burup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-jens-burup\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Jens Burup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Website: <\/font>www.nectosoft.dk<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n

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

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Since it was published; I think it was in 1978.<\/p>\n

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

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Manufacturing of  <\/span>industrial  <\/span>machinery and equipment.<\/p>\n

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

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Myself + .Net.<\/p>\n

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

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Quotation and configuration sales tools, including CRM and data mining.<\/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 VB.Net windows form configuration tool for a global manufacturer of homogenizers. Users are positioned all over world, and the back-end database is in Access using internet replication to consolidate data.<\/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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A manufacturer of huge power plants, who needs to get the quotation text base organized, like a configuration.<\/p>\n

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

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Automation of Word and Excel and Access, SQL server, and IIS 7.0.<\/p>\n

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

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ClickOnce distribution, intelliSense, code snippets.<\/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 self explanatory.<\/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>!<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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