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Website: <\/font><\/span>http:\/\/www.zerbit.de<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n First version was 5.0, after years of programming with Access-Basic (since version 1.0) and later VBA<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Software-Development, Consulting<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n 4 Developers<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n In my business, I’m developing applications in Access, VB, VB.NET and ASP.NET, with SQL Server as backend. In my free time, I have started several projects with VB and ASP.NET.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Every new app is an exciting challenge. The most comprehensive work was a tool for automating the handling of insurance policies with 3D barcodes. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you’re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n A replacement of an old Access XP database frontend with .NET Framework 3.5 and VB.NET.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Javascript and jQuery for developing RIA-like websites.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I love the OOP features of VB.NET. Things are now possible that I always missed in classic VB. Now it is a real programming language.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The simplicity. C# is more elegant, but VB is better to read and to understand. As an example: End If … Next … End If … End Select, instead of } … } … } … }.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n