About the Author

DAN RAHMEL is an author best known for his work relating to database servers, PHP, and Visual Basic. He has more than 14 years of experience managing, designing, and implementing information systems and deploying midsize multitier solutions using Visual Studio, PHP, Java, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server. A substantial contributor to the open source community, his entry in the Google Android mobile operating system contest placed in the top 25 percent of thousands of entries.

Dan began work as a writer for various magazines including DBMS, American Programmer, and Internet Advisor. Author of over a dozen books, his writing has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.