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Programming
for the Absolute Beginner,
Second Edition
Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.
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Programming for the Absolute Beginner,
Second Edition
Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.
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To my father and my children, Alexander, William, and Molly,
and to my beautiful wife, Mary.
Acknowledgments
T
here are numerous individuals to whom I owe thanks for their help, guidance, and
assistance in the development of the second edition of this book. I should begin
thanking Mitzi Koontz who served as the book’s acquisitions editor. I wish to thank
Karen Gill for bringing her invaluable talents to bear as this book’s project editor. I also
want to thank the book’s technical editor, Keith Davenport, for his technical input and
advice. In addition, I would like to thank everyone else at Cengage Learning for all their
hard work.
About the Author
Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.
is an educator and IT professional with more than 25 years of experience
in information technology, including roles as an automation analyst, technical manager,
technical support analyst, automation engineer, and security analyst. He is the author of
40 books and the coauthor of two additional books. His published works include
Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming for the Absolute Beginner; Microsoft Visual
Basic 2008 Express Programming for the Absolute Beginner; HTML, XHTML, and CSS for the
Absolute Beginner; XNA 3.1 Game Development for Teens;
and
Game Maker Programming for
Teens.
Jerry has a master’s degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, Virginia, and has more than 5 years of experience as an adjunct
instructor teaching networking courses in information technology.
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