About the Author

Ivo Balbaert is currently a lecturer in (web) programming and databases at CVO Antwerpen, a community college in Belgium. He received a PhD in applied physics from University of Antwerp in 1986. He has worked for 20 years in the software industry as a developer and consultant in several companies, and he has worked for 10 years as a project manager at the University Hospital of Antwerp. From 2000 onward, he switched to teaching, developing software, and writing technical books.