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I am now offering self-paced versions of almost all of my Internet courses.
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Top 10 12 15 16 Things People do who visit my Website

1. Order one, or all, of my 9 eBooks for $13.95 each ($12.95 via PayPal)
2. Order one of my 13 Print Book (perhaps an autographed copy)
3. Browse my list of Internet Classes
4. Sign up for a 1 year Internet Class Subscription
5. Read my Free Articles
6. Find an answer to a question via my I Love To Help page
7. Check out my VB.Net Page
8. Check out my C# Page
9. Sign up for my Help With VB Group
10. Make a donation 
11. Download VB.Net Express 2008 Edition
12. Download Visual C# Express 2008 Edition
13. Download VB.Net Express 2005 Edition
14. Download Visual C# Express 2005 Edition
15. Checkout my History of Visual Basic
16. Look for the Borland C++ free compiler

What's New?

2009-05-31. May 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,938. Page Views: 90,032. 
2009-04-30. April  2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,938. Page Views: 91,732. 
2009-04-12. Self-paced versions of almost all of my Internet Courses are now available.
2009-04-03. John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,995 members.
2009-04-03. Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,222 members. An increase of 38 members since October 11, 2008.
2009-04-01. New Self Paced Intermediate Vb.Net 2008 course is now available.
2009-03-31. March 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 28,741. Page Views: 97,870. 
2009-02-28. February 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,278. Page Views: 93,762. 
2009-01-31. January 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 29,372. Page Views: 105,375.

2008-12-31. For the year 2008, my website had 310,532 Visitors in 2008, and 998,623 Page Views.
2008-12-31. December 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,168. Page Views: 93,074.
2008-12-12. Underlining, bolding, italicizing my main page
2008-12-01. You can now follow me on Twitter---if you can find me.
2008-11-30. November 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,868. Page Views: 97,817. 
2008-11-24. I'm working on the D's.
2008-11-12. Self-paced versions of some of my Internet Courses are now available.
2008-11-10. I give up---my instructions for downloading the Borland C++ compiler are once again free, but please consider making a donation :)
2008-11-06. I just broke my nose---ouch.
2008-11-05. My wife Linda is now selling Avon. Here's her link. You can buy online and have it shipped to you. Makes a great present!
2008-11-02. Paging Gary Coon. Paging Gary Coon. Gary Coon, please call the office.
2008-10-31. October 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,530. Page Views: 91,878. 
2008-10-24. I'm working on the C's.
2008-10-21. Say it isn't true. Gearos' Bustleton Avenue location is closed!
2008-10-18. Everyone has a blog---now I do. Want to know where it is?
2008-10-17. Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, tells me he's buying
2008-10-15. Kevin Smiley is now available for C++ and PERL Telephone Support.
2008-10-14. In an attempt to stop the damage from Copyright infringement, my instructions for downloading the Borland C++ compiler are no longer free. 
2008-10-13. Microsoft and John Smiley in talks to acquire Professor Smiley's Website.
2008-10-12. Dexter Morgan joins Oracle SQL and PL/SQL class.
2008-10-11. John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,990 members.
2008-10-11. Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,184 members.
2008-10-09. John Smiley is now hiring new instructors via Craigslist.
2008-10-08. I start my Oracle page.
2008-10-01. What are my top 10 visited Pages? 
2008-09-30. September 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,251. Page Views: 87,409. 
2008-08-31. August 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,244. Page Views: 76,453. 
2008-08-24. Learn to Program with VB.Net 2008 Express published by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press (ISBN: 978-0615248431)
2008-07-31. July 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,703. Page Views: 79,747. 
2008-07-04. Happy 4th of July. My son Kevin recommends this PERL site---PERLMONKS.COM 
2008-07-01. June 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 29,228. Page Views: 96,384. 
2008-06-30. Updated Training Schedule through the year 2011 now available.
2008-06-20. Learn to Program with Visual C# 2008 Express published by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press (ISBN: 978-0615248424)
2008-05-31. May 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,500. Page Views: 81,406. 
2008-05-01. Anybody know anything about Silverlight?
2008-04-30. April 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,829. Page Views: 75,754. 
2008-04-07. Learn to Program with Visual C# 2005 Express published by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2008-04-01. March 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,040. Page Views: 78,098. 
2008-03-31. Active Duty Military now take my Internet courses for free.
2008-02-28. February 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 24,152. Page Views: 72,629. 
2008-02-11. 1st ASP.Net with C# class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2008-01-31. January 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 24,019. Page Views: 67,894.
2008-01-30. My C++ book, Learn to Program with C++, is named one of the most stolen, downloaded eBooks in the world by Fortune Magazine. 

2007-12-31. For the year 2007, my website had 295,683 Visitors in 2007, and 791,839 Page Views.
2007-12-31. December 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,792. Page Views: 60,837.
2007-11-30. November 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,163. Page Views: 66,341.
2007-11-19. 1st SQL Server 2005 class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2007-10-30. October 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,928. Page Views: 70,214.
2007-09-30. September 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,112. Page Views: 64,646.
2007-09-29. Check out my brother Bob's Website---www.frankfordgazette.com
2007-08-31. August 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,052. Page Views: 58,581.
2007-08-13.  Learn to Program with Java reprinted by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2007-07-31. July 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,639. Page Views: 64,975.
2007-07-28. Check out Charlie Worton's website.
2007-06-30. June 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,408. Page Views: 71,393.
2007-05-31. May 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,673. Page Views: 63,848.
2007-05-21.1st Introduction to VB.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2007-05-16. Learn to Program with VB.Net 2005 Express published by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2007-04-30. April 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,564. Page Views: 62,140.
2007-03-31. March 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,962. Page Views: 71,165.
2007-02-28. February 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 24,173. Page Views: 69,038.
2007-02-14. Learn to Program with C++ reprinted by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2007-02-14. Learn to Program with VB.Net 2002/2003 reprinted by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2007-01-31. January 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 29,217. Page Views: 68,661.

2006-12-31. December 2006 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,064. Page Views: 54,852.
2006-11-30. November 2006 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,209. Page Views: 58,853.
2006-12-11. Learn to Program with C# reprinted by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press
2006-12-06. Rest in Peace Alex Medoff.
2006-12-05. 2007 Training Schedule announced.
2008-10-11. Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,076 members.
2006-09-20. Learn to Program with Javascript published by Smiley Publishing via Lulu Press (ISBN: 978-84728-999-5)
2006-09-01. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 rights revert to John Smiley.
2006-08-07.1st VB6 Database class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2006-05-27. Rest in Peace Gerri Adelizzi.
2006-05-01. Learn to Program with C++ rights revert to John Smiley.
2006-05-01. Learn to Program with C# rights revert to John Smiley.
2006-05-01. Learn to Program with VB.Net 2002/2003 rights revert to John Smiley.
2006-05-01. Learn to Program with Java rights revert to John Smiley.
2006-04-19. Second Book Auction Fundraising campaign announced.
2006-02-27. 1st Introduction to JavaScript class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2006-02-13. 1st Intermediate C# class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.

2005-09-15. Website theme is now Red!
2005-07-26. I'm working on my Learn to Program with JavaScript book.
2005-07-25. 1st Intro to VB6 class taught via Professor Smiley's Website. VB6 is not dead!
2005-07-01. Christopher Klimczewski passed the Sun Microsystems Java Certified Programmer's examination!
2005-06-20. I'm looking for these missing people.
2005-05-30. 1st SQL Server 2000 class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2005-05-23. Looking for these missing people.
2005-05-14. John Smiley's Yahoo group has 2,441, members.
2005-05-13. 1st eBooks are available for sale
2005-04-06. I created my helpwithjava Yahoo group.
2005-02-07. 1st Java Database class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2005-01-03. 1st HTML class taught via Professor Smiley's Website

2004-10-31. I created I-bet-you-can.com
2004-09-10. Ever hear of nTen?
2004-08-30. 1st ASP.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2004-06-29. Programming Hall of Fame updated.
2004-06-29. John Hoechner passed the VB6 Desktop Certification exam (
2004-04-27. Rest in Peace John Brophy.
2004-04-18. Bootcamp Challenge Pricing introduced.
2004-04-01. PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic Sites.
2004-04-01. PC Magazine's Top 100 Undiscovered Sites.
2004-02-07. I passed the VB.Net Desktop Certification Exam
2004-01-08. Annual Course Subscription introduced.

2003-12-07. Ever hear of Knoppix?
2003-09-14. Nanosecond Fundraising campaign announced.
2003-09-12. Book Auction Fundraising campaign announced.
2003-09-10. Netflix Fundraising campaign announced.
2003-09-01. 1st VB6 Objects class taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2003-07-03. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 reprinted by Apress Publishing.
2003-07-23. 1st Intermediate Java class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2003-06-27. Microsoft announces they will retire VB6 exams in 2004.

2002-11-30. November 2002 News now available.
2002-11-15. Lawrence Bowden just passed the VB Desktop Certification exam (70-176) with a great score.
2002-10-28. Learn to Program with C++ published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN:0072-225-351)
2002-10-11. Looking to rent a computer classroom in the Philadelphia area for my Saturday morning project.
2002-09-23. 1st Introduction to VB.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2002-06-13. 1st Intermediate VB.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2002-05-31. Rest in Peace Dan Stone.
2002-04-09. May 2002 News now available.
2002-04-30. April 2002 News now available.
2002-04-23. Learn to Program with C# published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN:0072-222-611)
2002-04-18. I'm looking to hire a publicist :)
2002-04-11. Did an interview for ZDNet Australia. Click the links for Part1 and Part2.
2002-04-09. March 2002 News now available.
2002-04-03. I make a guest appearance at Java Ranch.
2002-04-02. VBExplorer is no longer :(
2002-04-02. Learn to Program with Java makes a guest appearance on the Sopranos.
2002-03-21. Free Stuff Page available.
2002-02-21. Feburary 2002 News available.
2002-01-29. Webtester available for free Java quiz.
2002-01-22. January 2002 News posted online.
2002-01-11. Learn to Program with VB.Net 2002/2003 published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN:0072-131-772)
2002-01-07. 1st C# Class taught via Professor Smiley's Website

2001-11-21. Java Applet Article Posted.
2001-11-02. Learn to Program with Java published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN:0072-131-896)
2001-05-03. Programming Hall of Fame Page created
2001-05-02. C.M. (name withheld by request) passes the VB6 Certification Exam
2001-04-20. Mike Shim passes the VB6 Desktop and Distributed Exams
2001-04-17  The latest VBFair winner is announced--it's Larry Swanson--congratulations! 
2001-03-20. I appeared on TechTV's ScreenSavers show.
2001-03-16. Look for me to make an appearance in April's PhillyTech Magainze.
2001-03-15. New Resumes have been posted on my Resumes Page.
2001-03-06. Need help with a Visual Basic problem? Check out my new VBExperts Page.
2001-03-01. Learn to program with Visual Basic 6 Objects reprinted by Course Technology (ISBN: 1929-685-165)
2001-03-01. Learn to program with Visual Basic 6 Databases reprinted by Course Technology (ISBN: 1929-685-173)
2001-03-01. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 Examples reprinted by Course Technology (ISBN:1929-685-157)
2001-03-01. March News Posted.
2001-03-01. FAQ's Page created
2001-03-01. Experts Page Created.
2001-02-08. Resumes page created.
2001-01-31. Kevin Smiley's Feed the Hungry program announced.
2001-01-12. Last VB Programming Fair/Contest

2000-12-18. Created the Yes you can! page depicting success stories from beginners who found programming jobs
2000-12-04. New Sneaker Projects from my students posted.
2000-11-01. Working on my new Java book, Learn to Program with Java.
2000-09-17. New publisher found for my Examples, Database and Objects book--Muska and Lipman.
2000-07-31. 1st Java Internet course taught via Professor Smiley's Website
2000-07-25. 2nd (and last) Yahoo chat.
2000-07-02. C# Page created.
2000-06-30. 3rd VB Programming Fair/Contest
2000-06-29. Created my new C# Web Page.
2000-06-24. 1st VB6 Distributed Bootcamp held.
2000-06-12. 1st Yahoo chat.
2000-06-02. Yahoo JohnSmiley group created.
2000-06-02. Yahoo Helpwithvb group created.
2000-06-01. Check out the review of my first book, Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6, on VB World
2000-05-20. Hello this is Tom speaking. I have created a sample page of my work in Flash. Please take a look at it and tell me what you think.
2000-05-16. My son Tom has created 2 masterpieces!!! Here is one and the other one. Please take a look at them and tell me what you think. 
2000-04-19. Appeared on the ZDTV's Screen Savers show. Read more about it here!
2000-04-15. VB Fair Winner announced!
2000-04-13. Just updated my Teachers Page . Check it out.
2000-03-31. 2nd VB Programming Fair/Contest
2000-03-15. I've just been booked on ZDTV's Screen Savers show. Look for me to appear on Thursday, April 20th

1999-09-30. 1st VB Programming Fair/Contest
1999-07-01. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 Objects published by Wrox Publishing (ISBN:1902-745-035)
1999-07-01. Learn to program with Visual Basic 6 Databases published by Wrox Publishing (ISBN:1902-745-043).
1999-05-01. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 Examples published by Wrox Publishing (ISBN:1902-745-06X)

1998-12-02. http://www.johnsmiley.com goes live. 
1998-11-30. Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6 published by Wrox Publishing (ISBN:1902-745-000)

1996. Doing some Tech Editing for McGraw Hill.