Jeff Levinson is a solution design and integration architect for The Boeing Company. He is the author of Building Client/Server Applications with VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach (Apress 2003) and has written several articles for Visual Studio Magazine. He speaks at various Microsoft user groups and was a speaker at Microsoft's DevDays 2004. Jeff holds the following certifications: MCSD, MCAD, MCSD.NET, MCDBA, SCJP, and Security+. He earned his master's degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife, Tami, live in Redmond, Washington. He enjoys golfing, reading, running, and spending time with his wife.

From the reviews: "Oh no, not another book on client/server! But this one is different. ... Starting from the theoretical beginnings, it describes how to set up the IIS web server and what exactly it is you are trying to achieve. ... A good book if you want a real example of Client/Server architecture in action." (Ian Elliot, VSJ - Visual Systems Journal, May, 2004)

• Chapter 1: Understanding Application Architecture: An Overview Chapter 2: Building an N-Tier Application Chapter 3: Creating the Application Infrastructure Chapter 4 Handling Errors with Class Chapter 5: Building Business Objects Chapter 6: Creating the Windows User Interface Chapter 7: Revisiting Objects and Rules Chapter 8: Reusing Code Chapter 9: Understanding Server-Side Business Rules Chapter 10: Using Reflection Chapter 11: Implementing Web Services and the UDDI Chapter 12: Creating a Web Forms Interface Chapter 13: Globalizing and Localizing Your Application Appendix A: Adding Support for Unicode Characters Appendix B: Recommended Reading

Jeff Levinson is a solution design and integration architect for The Boeing Company. He is the author of Building Client/Server Applications with VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach (Apress 2003) and has written several articles for Visual Studio Magazine. He speaks at various Microsoft user groups and was a speaker at Microsoft's DevDays 2004. Jeff holds the following certifications: MCSD, MCAD, MCSD.NET, MCDBA, SCJP, and Security+. He earned his master's degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife, Tami, live in Redmond, Washington. He enjoys golfing, reading, running, and spending time with his wife.

From the reviews: "Oh no, not another book on client/server! But this one is different. ... Starting from the theoretical beginnings, it describes how to set up the IIS web server and what exactly it is you are trying to achieve. ... A good book if you want a real example of Client/Server architecture in action." (Ian Elliot, VSJ - Visual Systems Journal, May, 2004)

• Chapter 1: Understanding Application Architecture: An Overview Chapter 2: Building an N-Tier Application Chapter 3: Creating the Application Infrastructure Chapter 4 Handling Errors with Class Chapter 5: Building Business Objects Chapter 6: Creating the Windows User Interface Chapter 7: Revisiting Objects and Rules Chapter 8: Reusing Code Chapter 9: Understanding Server-Side Business Rules Chapter 10: Using Reflection Chapter 11: Implementing Web Services and the UDDI Chapter 12: Creating a Web Forms Interface Chapter 13: Globalizing and Localizing Your Application Appendix A: Adding Support for Unicode Characters Appendix B: Recommended Reading

Jeff Levinson is a solution design and integration architect for The Boeing Company. He is the author of Building Client/Server Applications with VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach (Apress 2003) and has written several articles for Visual Studio Magazine. He speaks at various Microsoft user groups and was a speaker at Microsoft's DevDays 2004. Jeff holds the following certifications: MCSD, MCAD, MCSD.NET, MCDBA, SCJP, and Security+. He earned his master's degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife, Tami, live in Redmond, Washington. He enjoys golfing, reading, running, and spending time with his wife.

From the reviews: "Oh no, not another book on client/server! But this one is different. ... Starting from the theoretical beginnings, it describes how to set up the IIS web server and what exactly it is you are trying to achieve. ... A good book if you want a real example of Client/Server architecture in action." (Ian Elliot, VSJ - Visual Systems Journal, May, 2004)

• Chapter 1: Understanding Application Architecture: An Overview Chapter 2: Building an N-Tier Application Chapter 3: Creating the Application Infrastructure Chapter 4 Handling Errors with Class Chapter 5: Building Business Objects Chapter 6: Creating the Windows User Interface Chapter 7: Revisiting Objects and Rules Chapter 8: Reusing Code Chapter 9: Understanding Server-Side Business Rules Chapter 10: Using Reflection Chapter 11: Implementing Web Services and the UDDI Chapter 12: Creating a Web Forms Interface Chapter 13: Globalizing and Localizing Your Application Appendix A: Adding Support for Unicode Characters Appendix B: Recommended Reading