.NET Data-Oriented Developer and Writer
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Contributing Editor, Writer at 1105 Media, Inc.
- Principal at OakLeaf Systems
- Past
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- Contributing Editor, Writer at Fawcette Technical Publications (FTP)
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Roger Jennings’s Summary
I have more than 30 years of development and management experience in the personal computer industry, starting with the Wang 1100 and Commodor CBM systems. I'm the principal consultant of OakLeaf Systems and the author of 30+ books on Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT and 2000 Server), databases (SQL Server and Access), .NET data access, Web services and InfoPath 2003. The books have more than 1.25 million English copies in print and have been translated into 20+ languages. My latest books are "Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2007" for QUE and "Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming" for WROX. I'm also a contributing editor for 1105 Media's Visual Studio Magazine and write for their .NETInsight newsletter. OakLeaf's Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Web service won the Microsoft .NET Best award for XML Web service solutions.
Roger Jennings’s Specialties:
Databases, database front-ends, .NET, Visual Basic, C# SQL Server, Microsoft Access, ADO.NET, LINQ, XML, Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria), Azure Services Platform, SQL Data Services (Sitka), .NET Services
Roger Jennings’s Experience
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Contributing Editor, Writer
1105 Media, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Writer for "Visual Studio Magazine," which 1105 Media Acquired from Fawcette Technical Publications on 1/1/2007.
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Principal
OakLeaf Systems
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)
OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL Server CE, .NET database, LINQ, ADO.NET Entity Framework, Windows Azure, cloud computing, and Web services projects.
Roger Jennings’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Electrical Engineering
- Activities and Societies:
- Free Speech Movement, Slate (published an alternative Course Catalog)
Classical music disk jockey and FM radio transmitter engineer at listener-sponsored radio station KPFA during high school and college
Additional Information
Roger Jennings’s Websites:
Roger Jennings’s Interests:
Database design, data-intensive enterprise application software, domain-driven design, test-driven development, object persistence, object/relation mapping, technical writing, technology journalism, Brazilian and Cuban music and food, Mayan archeology, Spanish Civil War history, civil rights, the Free Speed Movement, travel, aviation.
