Acknowledgments

James's acknowledgements:

To Sondra Scott, both for the opportunity to do this book as well as just being a great person to work for!

To Wendy for her wonderful contributions, Carol Bowers, Ginny Bess, Joel Mueller, Deon Schaffer, and everyone else that had a hand in this book—thanks guys!

To Matt Wagner at Waterside Productions for all his help behind the scenes.

To my wife and children for always supporting and encouraging me through these projects. You are the best!

Finally, a special thanks to Mike Pizzo at Microsoft for his contributions to the ADO.NET chapter.

Wendy's acknowledgements:

I would like to thank Sondra Scott for giving me the opportunity to work on this great project. I would also like to thank Ginny Bess and Carol Bowers for making sure everything came together and technical editors Joel and Deon for making sure this new technology worked the way I said it did. Also, special thanks to Peter Farquharson, David Marcato, Deon Schaffer, and Larry Wall for helping to get this project started on a good foundation.

To James Foxall, I have enjoyed reading your VB .NET book, and it has been a great pleasure working with you on this C# book.

A big thanks goes out to my husband, Dave, for his constant support in all my projects and for always believing in me.

To Olga and Alfonso, thank you for all the support, encouragement, and love you have always given me.

Finally, thanks to all my relatives and friends for buying this book!