Ralf Westphal
Ralf Westphal is editor-in-chief of the leading Visual Basic magazine in Germany: BasicPro. In addition to this he works as a freelance consultant on Visual Basic projects, Internet technologies like XML, and database-driven web sites. Since 1998 he is also a Microsoft Regional Director and a speaker at developer conferences, workshops, and seminars on topics like COM object models, scripting, or XML.The past years
Ralf has devoted to his company Mey & Westphal RIPOSTE Software - of which he was a
co-founder -, a manufacturer of highly specialized software for the roller-shutter industry.
In addition he has worked as a
technical leader on projects for international companies like Digital Equipment Italy, Milan, and ISE Inc., Washington DC.
Ralf lives with his wife in Hamburg, northern Germany, very close to a beautiful inner-city lake,
the Alster. He is very happy to be able to work
from home most of the time.
Articles by this author:
Using XML for Object PersistenceIn this tutorial on object persistence and XML, Ralf Westphal explains object persistence and details some of the issues involved in maintaining an object's data, hierarchy, and structure. He then shows how to create your own XML data format for serializing objects. [Sep. 8, 1999]
XML & Object Persistence: Serialization Problems
In part two of this tutorial on object persistence and XML, Ralf Westphal picks through some of the difficulties involved in object serialization, including how to maintain hierarchy and structures. [Sep. 8, 1999]
XML & Object Persistence: Roll Your Own
In the third and final part of this tutorial on object persistence and XML, Ralf Westphal shows how to create your own XML data format for serializing and deserializing objects. [Sep. 8, 1999]
Building an XML-based Metasearch Engine on the Server
Ralf shows you how to move the metasearch process to the server and deliver browser independent HTML to any client. [Jul. 8, 1999]
