E. A. Vander Veer started out in the software trenches, lexing and yaccing and writing shell scripts with the best of them. She remained busy and happy for years writing C++ programs and wresting data from recalcitrant databases until reaching the proverbial fork in the road, when she chose the dark pathmarketing. After a stint as an Object Technology Evangelist (yes, that's an actual job title), she found a way to unite all of her passions : writing about cool computer stuff in prose any human being can understand. Books followedover a dozen so farincluding JavaScript For Dummies, XML Blueprints , and the fine tome you're holding right now. Her articles appear in online and print publications including Byte, CNET, Salon.com, WEBTechniques, CNN.com (and a bunch you've never heard of). She lives in Minnesota with her husband and daughter . Email: eav_mm@comcast.net.
