Alex Homer is a software developer and a technical
author living and working in the idyllic rural surroundings of
Derbyshire dales, in the heart of England. Rather than doing a real
job, he''s discovered the raw excitement and frustration that comes
with installing and playing with the latest and flakiest beta code
he can find - and then he writes about it. A long-time evangelist
of ASP, he has been delving deep into the world of .NET and has
emerged a confirmed convert to ASP.NET. You can contact him at
alex@stonebroom.com.
Alex Homer contributed Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and
15, and all Appendices to this book.
Dave Sussman is a writer, trainer, and
consultant, living in the wilds of the Oxfordshire countryside.
He''s been working with ASP.NET since before it was first released
and still isn''t bored with it. You can contact him at
davids@ipona.com.
Dave Sussman contributed Chapters 1, 3, 16, 18, 22, and 23 to this
book.
Rob Howard is a Program Manager on Microsoft''s
.NET Framework Team. Within the .NET Framework Team, he
specifically works on ASP.NET. He currently writes a column for
MSDN Online entitled Nothin'' but ASP.NET, as
well as writing the .NET Framework column for Windows 2000
magazine. You can reach Rob at rhoward@devadvice.com
Rob Howard contributed Chapters 11, 12, 19, and 20 to this
book.
Brian Francis is the Solution Sales Specialist
for NCR''s Web Kiosk Solution. Brian is responsible for supporting
NCR''s kiosk efforts throughout the United States. Brian has been
writing books on ASP for the past 7 years, including the Beginning
ASP and Professional ASP series for Wrox Press. When not working or
writing, Brian spends time playing tennis and spending time with
his wife Katharine and their family.
Brian Francis contributed Chapters 4, 17, and 24 to this book.
Karli Watson was an in-house author for Wrox
Press with a penchant for multi-colored clothing. He is now the
technical director of 3form (www.3form.net). He started out with
the intention of becoming a world-famous nanotechnologist, so
perhaps one day you might recognize his name as he receives a Nobel
Prize. For now, though, Karli''s computing interests include all
things mobile and upcoming technologies such as C#. He can often be
found preaching about these technologies at conferences, as well as
after work hours at drinking establishments. Karli is a
snowboarding enthusiast, and wishes he had a cat.
Karli Watson contributed Chapter 21 to this book.
Richard Anderson is an experienced software
engineer and writer who spends his time working with Microsoft
technologies, day in day out. Having spent the better part of the
decade doing this, he is still remarkably sane! Richard currently
works for BMS software - an ADP company - where he is a technical
architecture manager. Richard is currently working on the
development of a large-scale Internet-based payroll and HR
system.
Richard would like to say thank you to his wife Sam for giving him
all the love, support, and understanding a man could ever wish for.
Richard would also like to say hello and thank you to all his
freinds, especially the other authors of this book, and his great
workmates (Andy, Graham, Jon, Paul, Drew, Steve, Chris, and so
on).
Richard Anderson was the lead author for the previous version of
this book - Professional ASP.NET 1.0 Special Edition.