VB .NET Programming with the Public Beta

Billy Hollis has also written many articles, reviews, and columns, appearing in such publications as the Visual Basic Programmers Journal, Unisphere, and Computer User Magazine. He is a frequent speaker at industry events such as the Visual Basic Insiders Technical Summit (VBITS) and Comdex. He presented two sessions at VBITS New York in June 2000 on Getting Ready for Web Forms and A COM Component for Browser Independence. His session at VBITS 99 in Chicago was the highest rated session at the conference. His most recent presentation was at the Wrox conference in Las Vegas (September 2000) on What's new in VB.NET. He is also currently writing the introductory chapter for the Wrox book (in production) previewing Microsoft.NET.

Rockford Lhotka - Rockford Lhotka is the Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic Technologies, a company focused on delivering business value through applied technology and one of the nation's premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners. Rockford is the author of several books on .NET and COM development. He is a columnist for MSDN Online and contributing author for Visual Studio Magazine and he regularly presents at major conferences around the world - including Microsoft PDC, Tech Ed, VS Live! and VS Connections. Rockford has over 17 years experience in software development and has worked on many projects in various roles, including software architecture, design and development, network administration and project management.