About the Author

I began programming in 1970. For many of you, this was way back in the dark ages, before PCs and Macs, and way before Mobile anything. During all of this time I did system programming and application development using a wide variety of programming languages, operating systems, and tools. I was pretty much on the bleeding edge the whole time, eagerly learning new languages and technologies as they happened. I expect this to continue and if anything accelerate. I expect the web to be with us for some time to come, thus I expect the contents of this book to remain relevant for a good while.

I have found programming to be terribly addictive. Google is my best friend. Despite receiving a reasonable retirement income, I just cannot seem to quit programming. I guess it is somewhat like playing video games. There is an objective and a burst of adrenaline when the objective is achieved. Since most projects can be broken into a series of easily achievable objectives, the flow is constant. I am just an adrenaline junky.

I hope you will forgive me if I should infect you with such an addiction. It has been a profitable one for me. I wish you similar success.

– Joseph Bonds

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