Professional Visual Basic 2008ISBN: 978-0-470-19136-1
Paperback
1464 pages
May 2008
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Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Bill is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web Services. He has authored or co-authored more than 15 books, including Professional ASP.NET 3.5, Professional C# 2008, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and Web Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise Applications (all published by Wiley). In addition to writing, Bill is a speaker at numerous conferences, including DevConnections, VSLive, and TechEd. He also works closely with Microsoft as a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP.
Bill is the technical architect for Lipper (www.lipperweb.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters, the international news and financial services company. He graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham,Washington, with a Russian language degree. When he isn’t tinkering on the computer, he can usually be found at his summer house in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at [email protected].
Billy Hollis is an author and software consultant based in Nashville, Tennessee. Billy was co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic .NET, as well as many other books on software development. He is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director program and a Microsoft MVP. In 2002, Billy was selected as one of the original .NET ‘‘Software Legends.’’ He is heavily involved with consulting, training, and development on the .NET platform, focusing on architecture, smart-client development, commercial packages, and user-interface technologies. He regularly speaks on software development at major conferences all over the world, including Microsoft’s PDC and TechEd events, DevConnections, VSLive, and architecture events such as the Patterns and Practices Architect Summit.
Bill Sheldon is a software architect and engineer,
originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Holding a degree in computer
science from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Bill has
been actively employed as a software engineer since resigning his
commission with the United States Navy. He is a Microsoft MVP for
Visual Basic employed as a principal engineer with InterKnowlogy in
Carlsbad, California, and works as an instructor for Visual
Basic–related courses at the University of California San
Diego Extension.
In addition to writing books, Bill has published dozens of
articles, including the Developer Update Newsletter, SQL Server
Magazine feature articles, and other Penton publications. He is
an established online presenter for MSDN and speaks at live events
such as VSLive, DevConnections, Office Developers Conference, and
community events such as user groups and code camp. Bill is an avid
cyclist and is active in the fight against diabetes.
Kent Sharkey is an independent consultant who lives and codes in Comox, British Columbia. Before going solo, Kent worked at Microsoft as a technical evangelist and content strategist, promoting the use of .NET technologies. He lives with his wife, Margaret, and three ‘‘children’’ — Squirrel, Cica, and Toffee.