Professional Web APIs: Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx

329 Pages·2005·11.75 MB·English

by  Denise M. Gosnell

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Professional Web APIs: Google®, eBay®,
Amazon.com®, MapPoint®, FedEx®
Denise Gosnell
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Professional Web APIs: Google®, eBay®,
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Professional Web APIs: Google®, eBay®,
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Denise Gosnell
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Professional Web APIs: Google®, eBay®, Amazon.com®,
MapPoint®, FedEx®
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About the Author
Denise Gosnellis a software attorney with Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP
(www.uspatent.com), a worldwide intellectualproperty law firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Denise
has a unique background in both technology and law, and presently uses her deep technical and legal
expertise to counsel hightech clients on intellectual property and technical matters.
Denise has over ten years of experience creating software applications, ranging from standalone and
clientserver to enterprisewide applications. Denise has worked for leading software companies, such as
Microsoft and EDS, and has earned a worldwide reputation for her technology expertise. She received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science – Business (summa cum laude) from Anderson University,
and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
Denise has coauthored six other software development books to date: Beginning Access 2003 VBA(Wiley
Publishing, Inc.), Visual Basic .NET and SQLServer 2000: Building An Effective Data Layer(Wrox Press),
Beginning Visual Basic.NET Databases(Wrox Press), Professional .NET Framework(Wrox Press), Professional SQL
Server 2000(Wrox Press), and MSDE Bible(IDG Books). Denise was a featured technology speaker at the
Microsoft European Professional Developer’s Conference in December 2001 and has on numerous occasions
assisted Microsoft’s Training and Certification group in creating new exams for their MCSD and MCSE certi-
fications. She herself holds the MCSD certification.
Denise can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected].
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