He is currently the Managing Director at Josh Software Private Limited. Josh in Hindi (his mother tongue) means "enthusiasm" or "passion" and these are the qualities that the company culture is built on. Josh Software Private Limited works exclusively in Ruby and Ruby related technologies, such as Rails a decision Gautam and Sethu (as he is lovingly called) took in 2007 and it has paid rich dividends today!
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Sethu, my co-founder at Josh, for ensuring that my focus was on the book, even during the hectic activities at work. Thanks to Satish Talim, who encouraged me to write this book and Sameer Tilak, for providing me with valuable feedback while writing this book! Big thanks to Michael Kohl, who was of great help in ensuring that every tiny technical detail was accurate and rich in content. I have become "technically mature" because of him!
The book would not have been completed without the positive and unconditional support from my wife, Vaibhavi and daughter, Swara, who tolerated a lot of busy weekends and late nights where I was toiling away on the book. Thank you so much!
Last, but not the least, a big thank you to Kartikey, Leena, Dayan, Ayan, Prashant, and Vrinda from Packt, who ensured that everything I did was in order and up to the mark.
About the Reviewers
Bob Chesley is a web and database developer of around twenty years currently concentrating on JavaScript cross platform mobile applications and SaaS backend applications that they connect to. Bob is also a small boat builder and sailor, enjoying the green waters of the Tampa Bay area. He can be contacted via his web site (>.
Ayan Dave is a software engineer with eight years of experience in building and delivering high quality applications using languages and components in JVM ecosystem. He is passionate about software development and enjoys exploring open source projects. He is enthusiastic about Agile and Extreme Programming and frequently advocates for them. Over the years he has provided consulting services to several organizations and has played many different roles. Most recently he was the "Architectus Oryzus" for a small project team with big ideas and subscribes to the idea that running code is the system of truth.
Ayan has a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Houston - Clear Lake and holds PMP, PSM-1 and OCMJEA certifications. He is also a speaker on various technical topics at local user groups and community events. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio and works with Quick Solutions Inc. In the digital world he can be found at http://daveayan.com.
Michael Kohl got interested in programming, and the wider IT world, at the young age of 12. Since then, he worked as a systems administrator, systems engineer, Linux consultant, and software developer, before crossing over into the domain of IT security where he currently works. He's a programming language enthusiast who's especially enamored with functional programming languages, but also has a long-standing love affair with Ruby that started around 2003. You can find his musings online at http://citizen428.net.
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Preface
And then there was light a lightweight database! How often have we all wanted some database that was "just a data store"? Sure, you can use it in many complex ways but in the end, it's just a plain simple data store. Welcome MongoDB!