{"id":2423,"date":"2009-06-29T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/06\/29\/im-a-vb-mayur-tendulkar\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:06:29","slug":"im-a-vb-mayur-tendulkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-mayur-tendulkar\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Mayur Tendulkar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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From 2001. I’m in love with Visual Basic, because of its simplicity and magic…<\/p>\n

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

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Academic and IT Industry.<\/p>\n

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

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College Project team: 5. In company: 4.<\/p>\n

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

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Web, mobile and mobile-web 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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AutoResponder: This app can be used on Windows Mobile devices to automatically respond to a voice call. So if there is a meeting, my phone will go on Meeting (or vibrate) mode and all incoming calls\/SMS will be replied with a set text.<\/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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LiveSync: This will be an application\/add-in for Outlook to sync Twitter updates + Facebook + Yahoo + Google + Live  <\/span>contacts and calendar all into one place. I’m using .NET Framework 4.0 + VB.NET + VSTO + Live Framework for this…<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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.NET Framework, VB.NET, Windows Mobile SDKs, ASP.NET, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The easy to understand and readable syntax, without brackets. Also, most of the new language features in VB9 and VB10.<\/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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Its simplicity <\/font><\/span>J<\/span><\/span><\/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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