About the Authors

Jesse Liberty is the author of more than a dozen programming books, including such international bestsellers as Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days and Programming C# (O'Reilly). Jesse is the president of Liberty Associates, Inc. (http://www.LibertyAssociates.com), where he provides .NET training, contract programming, and consulting. He is a former vice president of Citibank and a former distinguished software engineer and software architect for AT&T, Ziff Davis, PBS, and Xerox.

Mark Cashman is a multitalented information technology professional who has held positions ranging from software architect to head of information technology. His recent focus has been Internet eBusiness applications, where he has been responsible for enterprise-level technology investigation and adoption, enterprise application integration (EAI) framework design, and J2EE Web presentation architecture. He is a member of Borland TeamB, supporting C++Builder, is the author of sections of C++Builder 5 Developer's Guide (Sams) and of many articles for C++Builder Developer's Journal. His Web site, the Temporal Doorway (http://www.temporaldoorway.com), hosts programming tutorials in C++ and Java. He is currently developing the New England Trail Review (http://www.newenglandtrailreview.com), a taxonomy/content database-driven Web site for hiking trails in New England.