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MVP Profile: <\/font>https:\/\/mvp.support.microsoft.com\/profile=56643689-ABE7-4313-A865-442BCBE05B54<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Blog: http:\/\/msmvps.com\/blogs\/joacim<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/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 I’ve used VB since ’91. Starting with VB1.<\/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 I currently work for a company that creates SaaS solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.<\/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 We are a small team of 5 developers working on new development. We also have a few people that do customer specific customization.<\/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 We mainly use ASP.Net but we also have a bunch of internal tools built using WinForms and MFC. We also have an Offline version of our CRM system that uses WinForms.<\/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 This is a very hard question since I’ve been in the industry for so long. But one cool thing I worked on recently is called IMScripter which is a scripting environment that we use to create scripts that does certain jobs on various scheduled time. This is a WinForms app that uses the CodeDOM and reflection to be able to build and run scripts. I wrote a blog post about it here: <\/font>http:\/\/msmvps.com\/blogs\/joacim\/archive\/2009\/06\/16\/using-the-codedom-to-do-scripting-with-net.aspx<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/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 I work a lot with our offline version of our CRM system. It’s a WinForms application that, when you’re connected to the Internet, can synchronize the data with the database using a WebService.<\/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 Except from VB I also develop using C#, but that’s not really another technology. I used to program a lot in C\/C++, Java, and Delphi. Of course SQL Server, so T-SQL is an important part.<\/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 XML literals, which in my mind is the best thing since IntelliSense was added in VB5. I also love LINQ and everything that comes with that, such as extension methods, lambda expressions, and type inference.<\/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 I’ve always loved VB for its simplicity and productivity boost it gives me. Being the first true RAD tool it is.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n