Acknowledgments

This book would not be a reality if it were not for the help of many patient people.

First and foremost, I would like to thank the Sams Publishing team for giving me this opportunity and for giving me the flexibility to do what I thought you needed to know about Visual Studio .NET. I would like to thank Neil Rowe for getting this project started and give special thanks to Mark Renfrow for keeping it on track and for all of his excellent help and suggestions as the book moved along. I would also like to thank Jason McCarthy who did an A+ job checking the facts of the book and making valuable suggestions along the way. George Nedeff and Mike Henry from Sams made the pages of this book sound like I understand how to write. Being a developer is a lot different from being a writer, and without their help, corrections, and changes, this book would have never made it to print.

From Computer Ways in Florida, I really want to thank Dave Noderer, Shervin Shakibi, Dave Archuleta, and Marshal Ebright, who helped me out on some key chapters. Without their assistance, this could have never happened.

I would especially like to thank Sheri Nawrocki from Computer Ways who kept me on track, read and checked every chapter, and helped me get through the time it took to get all of this done.

Last but not least, I want to thank you, the reader, for letting me try to help you out in your exploration of Visual Studio .NET. In my mind, it's the most exciting development tool on earth, and I hope that by getting through this book, you'll learn something valuable that will help you out when working and playing! Thanks for giving me your time to make that happen.