Real World .NET Applications

Budi Kurniawan

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Copyright 2003 Budi Kurniawan

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About the Author

Budi Kurniawan is an IT consultant specializing in Internet and object-oriented programming, and he has taught both Java and Microsoft technologies. He is the author of Internet Programming with Visual Basic (Apress) and Java for the Web with Servlets, JSP, and EJB (New Riders), and he has published articles in more than ten publications.

Budi comes from a solid programming background, developing applications for small to multinational companies and selling software used by major organization such as Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC), Saudi Business Machine Ltd (http://www.sbm.com.sa), and Baxter Healthcare Corporation (http://www.baxter.com).

Budi has a Masters by Research degree in Electrical Engineering from Sydney University, Australia, and co-owns the Web site hosting company Monofrog (http://www.monofrog.com).

Acknowledgments

Many people contributed to the production of this book. Without them, this book would be much worse. Paul Karjo, a brilliant programmer, did the preliminary work of the applications in Chapters 3 and 5. I would like to thank him for his creativity and help. Maria Francisco, a graphic designer in Bali, created the images for Chapter 3. Thanks!

Alwi Wijaya, the technical editor for this book, not only reviewed all chapters and applications, but I also consulted him on technical problems many times. Liron Shapira tested all the applications and provided valuable feedback. A million thanks to Alwi and Liron.

I would also like to thank the other production members at Apress for their invaluable support: Sofia Marchant and Laura Cheu (project managers), Kari Brooks (production editor), Kim Wimpsett (copy editor), Dan Appleman (editorial director), and all the other folks who worked hard to make the publication of this book possible. Thank you.