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01. Download this free article. It's a surprise to find out what it is.
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06. Sign up for a 1 year Internet Class Subscription  (Sorry, they're closed down)
07. Read my Free Articles
08. Find an answer to a question via my I Love To Help page
09. Check out my VB.Net Page
10. Check out my C# Page
11. Sign up for my Help With VB Group
12. Make a donation 
13. Download Visual C# 2010 Express Edition
14. Download Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition
15. Download VB.Net Express 2008 Edition
16. Download Visual C# Express 2008 Edition
17. Download VB.Net Express 2005 Edition
18. Download Visual C# Express 2005 Edition
19. Checkout my History of Visual Basic
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My Latest (last???) book, Learn to Program with Python is available ===== here


2018-04-30. April 2018 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,016. Page Views: 38,732.
2018-04-02.
Competed in my eighth stair climb event, the 2018 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2018-03-31.
March 2018 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,738. Page Views: 45,070.
2018-02-28.
February 2018 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,858. Page Views: 38,715.
2018-01-31. January 2018 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,203. Page Views: 36,839.


2017-12-31. For the year 2017, my website had 249,234 Visitors and 469,674 Page Views
2017-12-31. December 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,633. Page Views: 35,912.
2017-12-21.
Completed Learn to Program with Python.
2017-11-30. November 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,636. Page Views: 37,115.
2017-10-31. October 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,002. Page Views: 34,978.
2017-09-30.
September 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,110. Page Views: 33,421.
2017-08-31. August 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,039. Page Views: 31,948.
2017-07-31.
July 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,178. Page Views: 35,364.
2017-06-30. June 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,876. Page Views: 37,035.
2017-05-31.
May 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,431. Page Views: 43,751.
2017-04-30. April 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,162. Page Views: 48,976.
2017-03-25.
Competed in my seventh stair climb event, the 2017 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2017-03-31.
March 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 24,099. Page Views: 50,230.
2017-02-28.
February 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,046. Page Views: 37,623.
2017-01-31. January 2017 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,022. Page Views: 43,321.


2016-12-31. For the year 2016, my website had 221,425 Visitors and 469,310 Page Views
2016-12-31.
December 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,759. Page Views: 42,952.
2016-11-30.
November 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,542. Page Views: 39,139.
2016-10-31. October 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,270. Page Views: 37,250.
2016-09-30.
September 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,342. Page Views: 40,634.
2016-08-31.
August 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,675. Page Views: 37,922.
2016-07-31. July 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,602. Page Views: 35,081.
2016-06-30.
June 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,292. Page Views: 35,684.
2016-05-31.
May 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,931. Page Views: 36,832.
2016-04-30.
April 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,998. Page Views: 36,876.
2015-04-02.
Competed in my sixth stair climb event, the 2016 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2016-03-31.
March 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,702. Page Views: 40,686.
2016-02-28.
February 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,468. Page Views: 45,591.
2016-01-31. January 2016 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,806. Page Views: 40,663.


2015-12-31. For the year 2015, my website had 252,156 Visitors and 564,376 Page Views
2015-12-31.
December 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,029. Page Views: 43,354.
2015-11-30.
November 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,060. Page Views: 42,280.
2015-10-31. October 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,185. Page Views: 43,244.
2015-09-30.
September 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,409. Page Views: 43,462.
2015-08-31.
August 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,803. Page Views: 51,800.
2015-07-31. July 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,191. Page Views: 49,213.
2015-06-30.
June 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,554. Page Views: 43,206.
2015-05-31.
May 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,538. Page Views: 41,235.
2015-04-30.
April 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,227. Page Views: 47,412.
2015-03-31.
March 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,442. Page Views: 50,580.
2015-03-21.
Competed in my fifth stair climb event, the 2015 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb. I won my age group!
2015-02-28.
February 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,290. Page Views: 61,422.
2015-02-01. Working on Learn to Program with Python.
2015-02-02. Updated my Gone But Not Forgotten Page.
2015-02-09. Thinking about Learn to Program with KevinScript.
2015-01-31. January 2015 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,428. Page Views: 61,472.


2014-12-31. For the year 2014, my website had 231,913 Visitors (versus 199,735 in 2013), and 479,301 Page Views (versus 462,153 in 2013)
2014-12-31.
December 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,742. Page Views: 44,390.
2014-11-30.
November 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,627. Page Views: 48,514.
2014-10-31. October 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,729. Page Views: 46,478.
2014-09-30.
September 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,102. Page Views: 40,345.
2014-08-31.
August 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,360. Page Views: 40,117.
2014-07-31. July 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 19,612. Page Views: 40,348.
2014-06-30.
June 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,181. Page Views: 37,374.
2014-05-31.
May 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 15,851. Page Views: 33,602.
2014-04-30.
April 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,621. Page Views: 33,419.
2014-04-06.
 One of my students created a pretty Website (this is it :) How do you like it?
2014-03-31. March 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,617. Page Views: 35,257.
2014-03-29.
Competed in my fourth stair climb event, the 2014 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2014-02-28.
February 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,758. Page Views: 36,677.
2014-01-31.
January 2014 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,713. Page Views: 42,780.


2013-12-31. For the year 2013, my website had 199,735 Visitors (versus 274,591 in 2012), and 462,153 Page Views (versus 781,162 in 2012)
2013-12-31.
December 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,429. Page Views: 41,777.
2013-11-30.
November 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,084. Page Views: 43,799.
2013-10-31.
October 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 18,359. Page Views: 43,446.
2013-09-30.
September 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 17,891. Page Views: 41,111.
2013-08-31.
August 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 14,485. Page Views: 35,905.
2013-07-31.
July 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,508. Page Views: 43,661.
2013-06-30.
June 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,225. Page Views: 43,689.
2013-05-31.
May 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,078. Page Views: 44,069.
2015-05-16.
Updated my Training FAQ page.
2013-04-30.
April 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,658. Page Views: 45,135.
2013-04-06.
 Put back my ugly Website (this is it :) The other version was prettier, but Visitor and Page View counts were way down. Made some cosmetic improvements.
2013-04-05. Watched 16 straight hours of The Walking Dead, Season 3. Wow, what a season, but Episode 16 was not satisfying at all.
2013-03-31.
March 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,829. Page Views: 40,946.
2013-03-26.
Reading How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them
2013-03-23. Competed in my third stair climb event, the 2013 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2013-03-19.
Reading The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World
2013-02-28. February 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 14,880. Page Views: 38,810.
2013-02-17.
Reading Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
2013-02-10. Reading The Only Living Witness: the true story of serial sex killer Ted Bundy
2013-02-03. Reading The Stranger Beside Me
2013-01-31. January 2013 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,309. Page Views: 39,468.


2012-12-31. For the year 2012, my website had 274,591 Visitors (versus 459,740 in 2011), and 781,162 Page Views (versus 1,612,531 in 2011)
2012-12-31. December 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 16,480. Page Views: 40,140. New Website is prettier, but visitors are down :(
2012-12-12.
Reading Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies
2012-11-30. November 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,061. Page Views: 53,035.
2012-11-26.
Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,403 members.
2012-11-15.
Redesigned my front page.
2012-10-31.
October 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,886. Page Views: 60,640.
2012-10-25.
Reading Head First HTML and CSS
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in C#
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in C++
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in Java
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in JavaScript
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in Visual Basic
2012-10-24. Published How I taught Katy Perry (and others) To Program in Visual C#
2012-10-17.
Reading The Non-Designer's Web Book, 3rd Edition
2012-09-30.
September 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 21,993. Page Views: 63,612.
2012-08-31.
August 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,778. Page Views: 54,988.
2012-07-31.
July 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,909. Page Views: 56,995.
2012-06-30.
June 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,790. Page Views: 67,257.
2012-06-12.
Reading Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 11g
2012-05-31.
May 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,748. Page Views: 66,625.
2012-05-27.
Reading Autobiography of a Yogi
2012-05-01.
Reading Proof of Heaven
2012-04-30. April 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 22,823. Page Views: 65,342
2012-03-31.
March 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,560. Page Views: 86,423.
2012-03-24.
Competed in my second stair climb event, the 2012 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2012-02-29.
February 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 27,303. Page Views: 84,018
2012-02-07.
Published My Climb to the top (of the Bell Atlantic Tower) Kindle Version also
2012-02-07. Published The Complete Book Of Stair Climbing 2012 Edition Kindle Version also
2012-01-31. January 2012 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,260. Page Views: 82,087.


2011-12-31. For the year 2011, my website had 459,740 Visitors (versus 440,688 in 2010), and 1,612,531 Page Views (versus 1,627,196 in 2010)
2011-12-31. December 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 23,127. Page Views: 73,013.
2011-12-20.
Reading The Games That Changed the Game: The Evolution of the NFL in Seven Sundays
2011-12-12. Reading Steve Jobs
2011-12-01. Reading Boardwalk Empire
2011-11-30. November 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 24,762. Page Views: 80,380.
2011-11-01.
Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,413 members.
2011-11-01.
John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,995 members.
2011-10-31.
October 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 36,048. Page Views: 128,436.
2011-10-01.
Kindle version of Into the Cross-Walk now available via Amazon.com
2011-10-01. Nook version of Into the Cross-Walk now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-10-01. John Smiley Publishing produces its second non-John Smiley Title. Into the Cross-Walk by Mark Chauvin.
2011-09-30.
September 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 49,769. Page Views: 169,467.
2011-08-31.
August 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 47,105. Page Views: 166,134.
2011-07-31.
July 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 43,265. Page Views: 154,784.
2011-07-19.
Reading Steel Pier, Atlantic City: Showplace of the Nation
2011-07-05. Reading Life Before Life: Children's Memories of Previous Lives
2011-06-30. June 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 43,091. Page Views: 157,826.
2011-05-31.
May 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 40,926. Page Views: 145,822.
2011-04-30.
April 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 39,859. Page Views: 136,174.
2011-03-31.
March 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 39,071. Page Views: 135,646.
2011-03-19.
Competed in my first stair climb event, the 2011 Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb.
2011-03-12.
Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,401 members.
2011-03-11.
John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,995 members.
2011-03-09.
Nook version of Learn To Program with Borland's C++ now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-03-08. Kindle version of Learn To Program with Borland's C++ now available via Amazon.com
2011-03-07. Kindle version of Learn To Program with Java SE 6 now available via Amazon.com
2011-03-07. Nook version of Learn To Program with Java SE 6 now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-03-03. Kindle version of Computer Programming for Seniors Using Visual Basic 2010 Express now available via Amazon.com
2011-03-02. Kindle version of Computer Programming for Seniors Using Visual C# 2010 Express now available via Amazon.com
2011-03-02. Nook version of Computer Programming for Seniors Using Visual Basic 2010 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-03-02. Nook version of Computer Programming for Seniors Using Visual C# 2010 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-03-01. Nook version of Extinction List now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-03-09. Nook version of Everything You Wanted To Know About Visual Basic 6 Colors now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-02-28. February 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 35,375. Page Views: 130,896.
2011-02-28.
Kindle version of Extinction List now available via Amazon.com
2011-02-01. John Smiley Publishing produces its first non-John Smiley Title. Extinction List by Jon Prinz.
2011-01-31.
January 2011 Web statistics. Visitors: 37,342. Page Views: 133,953.
2011-01-26. Reading NFL Unplugged: The Brutal, Brilliant World of Professional Football (An autographed copy :)


2010-12-31. For the year 2010, my website had 440,688 Visitors (versus 355,864 in 2009), and 1,627,196 Page Views.
2010-12-31.
December 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 35,184. Page Views: 126,532.
2010-12-06.
Nook version of Learn to Program with Visual C# 2008 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-12-06. Nook version of Learn to Program with Visual Basic 2008 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2011-12-06. Nook version of Learn to Program with JavaScript now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-12-02. Nook version of Learn to Program with C# using the Batch C# Compiler now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-12-02. Nook version of Learn to Program with C++ now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-11-30. November 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 38,107. Page Views: 147,039.
2010-11-30.
Nook version of Learn to Program with Java now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-11-17. Kindle version of Everything You Wanted To Know About Visual Basic 6 Colors now available via Amazon.com
2010-11-15. Kindle version of Learn to Program with Visual C# 2008 Express now available via Amazon.com
2010-11-15. Kindle version of Learn to Program with Visual Basic 2008 Express now available via Amazon.com
2010-10-31. October 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 41,506. Page Views: 157,915.
2010-10-28.
Nook version of Learn to Program with Visual C# 2010 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-10-28. Nook version of Learn to Program with Visual Basic 2010 Express now available via BarnesandNoble.com
2010-09-30.
September  2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 39,456. Page Views: 147,093.
2010-09-24.
Learn to Program with Visual C# 2010 Express published by John Smiley Publishing (ISBN: 978-0982734919)
2010-09-17.
Kindle version of Learn to Program with Visual C# 2010 Express now available via Amazon.com
2010-09-05. Learn to Program with Professor Smiley Facebook Group has 142 members.
2010-09-05.
Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,375 members.
2010-09-05.
John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,990 members.
2010-08-28.
Kindle version of Learn to Program with C++ now available via Amazon.com
2010-08-28. Kindle version of Learn to Program with Java now available via Amazon.com
2010-08-28. Kindle version of Learn to Program with JavaScript now available via Amazon.com
2010-08-28. Kindle version of Learn to Program with C# using the Batch C# Compiler now available via Amazon.com
2010-08-31.
August 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 36,145. Page Views: 139,096.
2010-07-31.
July  2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 34,711. Page Views: 125,949.
2010-07-21.
Kindle version of Learn to Program with Visual Basic 2010 Express now available via Amazon.com
2010-06-30. June 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 35,743. Page Views: 133,699.
2010-05-31.
May 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 36,601. Page Views: 133,293.
2010-05-26.
Learn to Program with Visual Basic 2010 Express published by John Smiley Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-9827349-2)
2010-05-05. Created dedicated Website for books: http://www.johnsmileybooks.com
2010-05-05. Created dedicated Website for training: http://www.johnsmileyclasses.com
2010-04-30.
April 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 35,889. Page Views: 126,819.
2010-03-31.
March 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 38,086. Page Views: 136,808.
2010-02-28.
February 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 34,031. Page Views: 124,207.
2010-02-02.
Reading The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
2010-01-31. January 2010 Web statistics. Visitors: 35,179. Page Views: 128,746.


2009-12-31. John Smiley's Yahoo group has 1,989 members.
2009-12-31. Helpwithvb Yahoo group has 1,371 members. An increase of 109 members since April 4, 2009.
2009-12-31.
For the year 2009, my website had 355,864 Visitors (versus 310,532 in 2008), and 1,268,558 Page Views.
2009-12-31.
December 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 31,3555. Page Views: 127,608. 
2009-11-30.
November 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 32,637. Page Views: 124,400. 
2009-10-31.
October 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 33,654. Page Views: 125,332. 
2009-09-30.
September 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 30,708. Page Views: 113,675. 
2009-08-31.
August 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 29,655. Page Views: 100,511. 
2009-07-31.
July 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 29,587. Page Views: 100,841. 
2009-06-30.
June 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 28,635. Page Views: 99,220. 
2009-05-31.
May 2009 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,854. 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. 
2009-03-01. Reading Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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, and 998,543 Page Views.
2008-12-31.
December 2008 Web statistics. Visitors: 26,168. Page Views: 93,074.
2008-12-12.
Reading High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
2008-12-12. Reading Rise of the New York Skyscraper: 1865-1913
2008-12-12. Reading Manhattan Skyscrapers
2008-12-12. Reading Lower Northeast Philadelphia (PA) (Then & Now)
2008-12-12. Reading Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
2008-12-12. Reading Frankford (PA) (Images of America)
2008-12-12. Reading Old Penn Station
2008-12-12. Reading A Picture History of the Brooklyn Bridge
2008-12-11. 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)
2008-06-16. Reading Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
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. 
2008-04-20. Reading Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time-- the Building of the Panama Canal
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, and 791,839 Page Views.
2007-12-31.
December 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 20,792. Page Views: 60,837.
2007-12-07.
Reading Frommer's New Orleans 2007 (Frommer's Complete)
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.
2007-10-18.
Reading Sam Walton: Made In America
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.
2007-06-06.
Reading The Great Philadelphia Fan Book
2007-05-31. May 2007 Web statistics. Visitors: 25,673. Page Views: 63,848.
2007-05-28.
Reading The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
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.
2007-01-26.
Reading Frommer's Hawaii 2007 (Frommer's Complete)
2007-01-19. Reading Hawaii (Eyewitness Travel Guides)


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.
2006-04-26. Reading Running: Testing Yourself
2006-04-19. Second Book Auction Fundraising campaign announced.
2006-03-19.
Reading Coroner's Journal
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.
2006-01-04. Reading The Da Vinci Code


2005-12-04. Reading The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience
2005-11-17. Reading MIT: Off the Record (College Prowler) (Off the Record)
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


2004-12-21. Reading BABE: THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE
2004-12-14. Reading 20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship
2004-12-03. Reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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
2004-01-31.
Reading Talking to Heaven: A Medium's Message of Life After Death
2004-01-08. Annual Course Subscription introduced.


2003-12-17. Reading The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Bestseller on Value Investing
2003-12-07. Ever hear of Knoppix?
2003-10-19. Reading The Successful Investor: What 80 Million People Need to Know to Invest Profitably and Avoid Big Losses
2003-10-19. Reading How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition
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.
2003-07-22. Reading Trading with the Enemy: Seduction and Betrayal on Jim Cramer's Wall Street
2003-07-08. Reading Tomorrow's Gold: Asia's Age of Discovery
2003-06-27.
Microsoft announces it will retire VB6 exams in 2004.
2003-02-16.
Reading So You Want to Live in Hawaii


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.
2002-09-26. Reading 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
2002-09-23. 1st Introduction to VB.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2002-09-01. Reading Neanderthin : Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body
2002-08-12. Reading Getting Stronger: Weight Training for Men and Women
2002-08-14. Reading When the Elephants Dance 2002-06-13. 1st Intermediate VB.Net class taught via Professor Smiley's Website.
2002-07-29. Reading Edgar Cayce the Sleeping Prophet
2002-07-14. Reading Many Mansions: The Edgar Cayce Story on Reincarnation
2002-07-05. Reading The Nanny Diaries: A Novel
2002-06-05. Reading Restaurant Confidential
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.
2002-01-28. Reading The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
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!

2000-04-14.
Reading A Return to Love : Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles
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)
1999-04-23. Reading Database Design for Mere Mortals : A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design


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)
1998-08-21. Reading Smart Cycling: Successful Training and Racing for Riders of All Levels
1998-08-07. Reading Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills : Your Guide to Riding Faster, Stronger, Longer, and Safer


1997-11-02. Reading Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy.


1996. Doing some Tech Editing for McGraw Hill.