Dominion Digital Senior Consultant Co-Writes Valued ASP.NET Cookbook; Developers Can Save Hours by Applying Recipes Provided in Book.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Dominion Digital, a consulting company specializing in business process management that improves clients' performance, announced today that senior consultant Michael Kittel has co-authored a book titled ASP.NET Cookbook with former company consultant Geoffrey LeBlond. ASP.NET Cookbook, which provides hands-on solutions geared toward programmers, is available today at O'Reilly Media and Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN):

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Kittel says his expertise stems from leading the development of richly functional web-based projects for Dominion Digital's customers, starting with an alpha release of ASP.NET 1.0, while LeBlond's unique experience comes from having written several bestselling computer books.

"This cookbook is a combination of our joint experience. We were unable to find a book that provided the kind of working examples that we as professional developers really needed and that spoke to us at the right level. So we decided to write one ourselves," Kittel said. "In the book we take narrow to very wide problems and show full examples so readers can immediately start working their ideas, customizing them to their projects."

According to publisher O'Reilly's book description, "ASP.NET Cookbook provides a wealth of plug-and-play solutions to problems commonly encountered when developing ASP.NET web applications and services in the popular problem-solution-discussion Cookbook format. The coding solutions in ASP.NET Cookbook appeal to a wide range of developers, from the inexperienced to the expert. For every problem addressed in the book, there's a worked-out solution or recipe complete with code that web developers can insert directly into their applications."

With this book, developers will learn how to:

--Get quick solutions to common development problems

--Adapt the problem-solving techniques

--Implement solutions to problems

--Increase ASP.NET skills

--Apply complete solutions by taking everyday problems encountered in corporate to enterprise development

--Weigh the plusses and minuses of different development approaches

--Explore the fine points of useful ASP.NET development techniques, such as when it makes sense to handle errors at the at the method, page, or application level

Kittel added that to help readers, the source code in the book was written in two languages: VB.NET and C#. "Most technology books are written in one or the other language. All of the examples are written in both, for broader appeal," he said.

O'Reilly also states "developers can save hours by using just a single one of more than 100 recipes included in this invaluable cookbook."

Dominion Digital CEO and Founder Chris Little said he is proud that Kittel and LeBlond's expertise is being recognized among publishing world and programmer colleagues. "At Dominion Digital, we hire experts and recognize the value our consultants provide to our clients. The ASP.NET Cookbook is testament to our team's knowledge and ability to provide solutions to company customers."

Additional Resources

ASP.NET Cookbook
Michael A. Kittel, Geoffrey T. LeBlond
ISBN: 0-596-00378-1, 656 pages, $39.95 US, $57.95 CA, GBP 28.50 UK
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1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000

About Dominion Digital

Dominion Digital is an award-winning consulting company that has helped more than 100 companies improve their business processes and enable them by applying the right technologies. Dominion Digital works with many clients--large and small--planning and executing process improvement and technology projects that dramatically improve the clients' performance. Guaranteeing that clients' business initiatives will provide a quick payback, Dominion Digital has provided services to such clients as Capital One, University of Virginia, PRA International, the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), the Illinois State Board of Education, Plow & Hearth, Martha Jefferson Hospital, MusicToday, and ExploreLearning. In 2003 Dominion Digital was awarded the Virginia Chamber of Commerce's Fantastic 50 Award for being one of the 50 fastest growing companies in Virginia. Founded in 1997, Dominion Digital has attracted the best talent in the region through its employee-friendly culture. The company has offices in Richmond, Arlington and Charlottesville, Virginia. For more information visit www.dominiondigital.com.

About Michael Kittel

Michael has nearly 30 years experience in the software industry. He has been working with Microsoft technologies for more than 10 years and with ASP.NET since the alpha release of 1.0. He has been the system architect and led the development of applications for Lexis-Nexis, Plow & Hearth, ReturnBuy, and many others. Michael has a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer certification and is currently a senior consultant at Dominion Digital, Inc. (www.dominiondigital.com), a firm that specializes in helping companies envision and achieve maximum business value from investments in technology.

About Geoffrey T. LeBlond

Geoffrey T. LeBlond is the co-author of Using 1-2-3, the first computer book that sold over 1 million copies. Geoff is the author of numerous computer books, and was the developer of Oriel, an early scripting language for Microsoft Windows. More recently, Geoff has been focusing his attention on developing web applications using ASP and ASP.NET.

About O'Reilly

O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next generation of software. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map.