Professional Writing

I had the opportunity to write for Wrox Press on several titles concerning the C# programming language and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Eventually, writing began taking up too much time as more lucrative part-time programming opportunites came my way. In the end, I'd much rather "do" programming than "write about" programming.

Here's one of the publicity shots Wrox took for my book covers. That's me from 2002... there was 45 lbs more of me back then (that's NOT counting hair).

 
 

Understanding the .NET Framework

Wrox Press, May 2002, ISBN=1861007094   (View Details From Publisher)

Wrote the chapter covering Windows client development. Covered basics of Windows Forms, standard controls, visual inheritance and enhanced menu designer. Developed and explained detailed examples of inheriting/extending existing controls, crafting UserControls, and even briefly illustrated creating custom-drawn controls. Briefly discussed Data Binding and consuming Web Services from Windows Forms.

 
 

Professional Windows GUI Programming Using C#

Wrox Press, August 2002, ISBN 1861007663   (View Details From Publisher)

Wrote the chapter on Custom Controls. Developed detailed sample controls, concentrating on production-ready aspects. Covered inheriting/extending existing controls, creating UserControls, and fully customized, owner-drawn controls. Gave an in-depth treatment of coding for design-time behavior as well as custom designers and UITypeEditors for integration with Visual Studio .NET IDE.

 
 

Data-centric .NET Programming with C#

Wrox Press, December 2001, ISBN=186100592X   (View Details From Publisher)

Wrote a case study chapter on C# / .NET/ MySQL interop. Explored connectivity with .NET managed OLE DB and ODBC providers. Developed a Windows service to post incoming delimited transactions to database, and GUI programs to view data.

 
 

Developing C# Windows Software: A Windows Forms Tutorial

Wrox Press, July 2002, ISBN 186100737X   (View Details From Publisher)

Developed GUI application chapter example using most basic Windows Forms controls. Wrote a majority of the chapter covering these basic controls, explaining in detail the workings of the example application.