About the author

Heng Ngee Mok is an experienced developer who has been involved in numerous large-scale software enterprise projects based on J2EE. Besides development work, Heng Ngee holds ad hoc training classes for Java and J2EE technology. He lectures regularly at Nanyang Polytechnic's School of IT, a tertiary institution in Singapore.

Heng Ngee writes frequently for Computer Times , a weekly local IT newspaper and has been invited to speak at Microsoft's Developer Festival and the official launch of Visual Studio .NET in Singapore. He was awarded Most Valuable Professional status by Microsoft Asia at the first Asia MVP Summit held at Shanghai.

As well as being a Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2, a Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Heng Ngee holds a first degree in computer engineering, and is completing his thesis for his postgraduate degree in communications software and networks.

Heng Ngee lives in cosmopolitan and equatorial (read "warm and humid") Singapore. He enjoys nature trekking, lazing in bed with a good book, tinkering with the latest technical toys (he can't cultivate this habit to the fullest because of a meagre income), and poking his nose into foreign cultures on backpacking trips. Contact him at [e-mail] both to offer comments about this book, or if you intend to visit his country on a shoestring budget.