{"id":2393,"date":"2009-06-29T05:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/06\/29\/im-a-vb-anthony-papillion\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:06:14","slug":"im-a-vb-anthony-papillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-anthony-papillion\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Anthony Papillion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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I’ve been using VB since its earliest DOS version but I left and went to C++ shortly thereafter. I came back around version 6.<\/p>\n

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

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Software development and healthcare infomatics.<\/p>\n

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

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2-5.<\/p>\n

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

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Records keeping software (electronic medical records, group home management), and some Windows Mobile applications.<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/p>\n

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TweetFree, an anonymous Twitter, SMS, and Email client for Windows Mobile 6.<\/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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Right now, I’m working on two: PhoenixEMR which is a MS Windows and SQL Server 2k8 based medical records system and PATTS which is a MS Windows and MySQL based group home management system.<\/p>\n

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

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I use a lot of C# and, for web development, I use mostly PHP. Sometimes, I dabble in Java but it always makes me long for VB.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I love IntelliSense and Lambda expressions.<\/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 language doesn’t get in my way. I can sit down and immediately become productive without having to work around the “gotcha’s” of the language. The support and attention Microsoft has given to Visual Basic over the years – and especially with .NET, also contributes to an overall incredible experience.<\/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>!<\/p>\n

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