About
About Me
My name is J. Frank Carr. Simply put, I’m a programmer, probably like you are. I’ve been programming professionally for almost 20 years now and I’ve been working in one capacity or another with PC’s since 1985.
My first programming jobs involved coding in MASM, C, and QuickBasic and a few years later I moved on to Visual Basic 1.0. I’ve written production level programs in every version of VB Classic, 1 through 6, and VB.NET 2002/2003 and 2005 as well as in classic ASP and ASP.NET. I’ve also done some personal projects in C#, Java, and PHP. I was a Microsoft MVP in Visual Basic from 1994 through 2004 although I’m no longer a MS-MVP at this time.
If you’re into music and guitars like me you may want to check out my personal web site. You can listen to my guitar playing and discover why I’m a programmer and not a rock star.
About This Site
My goal with this site is to create a series of articles on coding with and developing applications with VB.NET as well as articles on general programming topics. I still feel like I’m in ‘learning mode’ with .NET’s vast scope so I’ll be giving my learning process thoughts and observations as well.
My primary topic types are:
- Tip Sheets - My tips on using VB.NET or on general coding practices.
- VB.NET Tutorials - ‘How To’ articles on various VB.NET features.
- Code Examples - My full or partial VB.NET source code examples.
- VB6 To VB.NET - My ideas on making the transition to VB.NET from VB6.
- VB.NET Interview Questions - My series on job interview questions.
- Development Teams - My thoughts on development teams and processes
- Project Management - My thoughts on project management
- Personal Development - My thoughts on self-improvement
- Link Round-Up - A weekly round-up of sites that deal with VB.NET, .NET or other MS technologies in general, or development teams.
The code examples are for Visual Studio 2005 / .NET Framework 2.0 unless otherwise stated.
Also, I have an archive of my older VB Classic website here as well. Some of the information there is a little dated now but may still be useful to you. The original site first went online in 1999 and I revised it up through 2003.
To support this site I use a combination of advertising and PayPal donations (aka Buy Me An Espresso links). I’m not looking to get rich off this site but it does help defray the costs of hosting.
Comment Policy
Comments may be moderated or deleted if they are off-topic, spammy, offensive or otherwise inappropriate.
Privacy Policy
I will never sell, license or disclose your email address or any other personal information to third parties.
I use basic web logs, Google Analytics, and WordPress Stats on this site. I may use other demographic tracking plug-ins from time to time. These statistics may include IP Address, geo-location, browser and OS information, referrer and exit link data. This information is used to provide statistical reports that I can use to improve this site.
Please check the privacy policies of my advertisers on their individual sites since they may be different and they are responsible for their policies.
Thanks
Thanks for visiting my site and I hope you find the information here useful.
