AbouttheReviewers
RoyEnjoystartedtoimprovehisgeekyskillswithaCommodore64,someQBasic,and
lotsofBoulderdash.Then,theInternetexplodedafterbulletinboardsystems.Sinceitis
alwaysashovelmanwhogetspaidfirstinagoldrush,hedecidedtothrivewithinweb
technologies.
AfterfinishingcoursesinacoupleofIT-orientedschoolsandplayingwithalargenumber
ofdifferentlanguages,frameworks,anddatabases,heworkedindifferentpartsofthe
world,includingIndia,Australia,Turkey,theNetherlands,andSerbia.Heiscurrently
livinginAustralia,andheistryingtolearn3Danimation/VFXprogrammingand
computer-generatedimagerythesedays.
Asanopensourceevangelist,RoymaintainsanAPIdocumentationandsourcecode
searchengineforthePythonprogramminglanguage,namedpydoc.net,whichisalsoan
opensourceproject.
PhilipHansonisafull-timeprofessionalsoftwaredeveloperwithadiversebackground
rangingfrommicro-ISVSaaStocapital-eenterprisedevelopment.Hecontinuesto
experimentwithnewlanguages,techniques,andapproachestosolvetheworld’s
problems.
AleksandarMićovićstartedprogrammingattheageof12.Manyyearslater,he
graduatedfromtheUniversityofTorontowithadegreeincomputerscience.Today,he’sa
professionalsoftwareengineerandconsultantinBelgrade,Serbia,withclientsspanning
acrosstheglobe.Whenhe’snotworking,heenjoyscooking,reading,andtraveling.You
cancontacthimat
http://aleksandarmicovic.com/.
ChrisWilkinsonhasspentyearsinthesoftwaredevelopmentindustryafterattaininga
degreeinComputerGamesProgrammingattheUniversityofTeesside.Aftermakingthe
moveintobusinessITuponleavingtheuniversity,Chrishasworkedallovertheworld,
developingJavaapplicationsforbusinessesinmanyverticals,includingfinance,
aerospace,andthepublicsector.Specializedinwebandbigdatatechnologies,Chrisnow
managesthedevelopmentteamforAskarisInformationTechnology,anewstart-up
businessdevelopingsoftwareforsomeofthelargestoilfielddrillingcompaniesinthe
world.