Steven M. Swafford began developing software in 1995 while serving in the United States Air Force (USAF). Upon leaving the USAF, he continued developing leading edge solutions in support of the America’s war fighters as part of the original USAF enterprise portal development team. His roots are now in central Alabama where he works as a software engineer developing Java and .NET based applications and web services. Steven’s blog is located at http://aspadvice.com/blogs/sswafford/.
Steven credits his wife Su Ok and daughter Sarah for supporting and inspiring his ongoing passion for software development and the resultant challenges of life near the bleeding edge. He would like to thank Tim Stewart and Edward Habal who were his professional mentors and to this day remain close friends.
I would like to dedicate this book to my wonderful wife and my six monsters. They are my motivation to get up every morning and continue soldiering on.