This book is designed to get the reader started quickly creating business applications with COM+. The five parts of the book encompass Understanding COM+ Applications, Data Services Layer, Business Services Layer, User Services Layer, and the final project. In the last section of the book, readers will put all that they learned in the previous chapters to work by developing the PubsOnLine.com application. This application is intended as a complete learning application that uses many of the features presented in the book.
Scot Hillier is the Director of Technical Staff for DataLan Incorporated. With offices in White Plains and New York City, DataLan offers broad expertise in strategic consulting, networking, communications, IT security, network management, line of business solutions, and knowledge management solutions. Scot has written several books including MTS Programming with Visual Basic (SAMS) and Inside Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (MS Press). In addition to writing, Scot is a regular speaker at industry events such as VBITS and Developer Days.