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Jon Perkins is a Visual Basic.net specialist, web
system developer, and IT journalist. This website was previously used
to advertise his services as a freelance developer but nowadays he
has a permenant role with World
Development Systems Ltd as the Head of Software Development. He
is no longer available for contract assignments
- but this website is retained for posterity and to retain the domain.
In terms of software development Jon's main areas
of specialisation are Visual Basic.net
and SQL Server - he has worked with Visual
Basic constantly since version 1 was
released in 1992. He has been working with
.NET technologies since early alpha builds of the .NET Framework v1.0,
and is
currently developing website, web service,
and windows applications with SQL Server
2005 and Visual Basic.net 2005.
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As a writer he was a contributing author to the
Microsoft Press book Advanced Microsoft Visual
Basic 6.0,
and he also wrote a regular Visual Basic
column for EXE magazine for over two years.
He has also been a Technical Editor for
MSDN, Microsoft's primary website resource
for developers. In the days prior to being
freelance he wrote lots of
code, managed and trained development
teams, designed overall systems architecture,
and specialised in code reviews, quality
control, and internal consultancy on anything
related to Microsoft. Nowadays he predominantly
uses Visual Studio 2005 for .NET windows-based
systems and ASP.NET web-based development.
2003 saw the completion of an extensive .NET-based conversion/rewrite of
Economatics Control Station, a flowcharting teaching application used
extensively in secondary schools throughout Britain. The rewrite makes
extensive use of GDI+ and was launched commercially in February 2004 to great
acclaim (see testimonial statement on References page).
He also completed in 2004 the development of an application for
APT Transtelex Plc to allow non-technical language translation staff to
edit multiple Windows RC resource files without needing to use Visual Studio.
His role with World Development Systems Ltd
is largely concerned with a complete rewrite of
"e-Lybra", the company's flagship product which offers considerable
possibilities in offering new forms of healing using bioresonance
technology.
In 2005 he completed a total rewrite
of the company's website into an ASP.NET system which includes online shopping,
membership management, dedicated secure user areas, support for foreign
languages, company news, and content management. In 2006 the site was
upgraded to an ASP.NET 2.0 platform.
Jon is married to Alison, has two
very cute cats, and lives in Malvern,
Worcestershire.
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