Dane Cameron - HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer

HTML5, JavaScript and jQuery, 24-Hour Trainer

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Dane Cameron is an author and software engineer living in Wellington, New Zealand. He has worked professionally as a software engineer for many years, developing large-scale enterprise systems, and for the last five years has specialized in the development of HTML5 web applications.

Dane has a double major in Computer Science and English Literature from the University of Otago. A Venn diagram of career prospects quickly identified technical writing as a likely option, and he has built a career based around developing interesting software and passing on what he has learned to others through his books.

Dane currently works for Fronde Systems Group in Wellington, New Zealand, and uses the technologies outlined in this book on a daily basis.

Dane enjoys reading, hiking, and taking road trips across America with his wife.

Rohan Hart is a software engineer living in Wellington, New Zealand. He has an extensive background in a variety of languages and technologies, and has worked on several large-scale HTML5 and Java projects over the last few years.

Rohan has a Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Science, and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Waikato University. When not entranced by code and programming theory, he plays strategy games, tramps the wilderness, and tries to keep up with two sons.

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I would like to thank Bob Elliott from Wiley who first contacted me about writing this book, and who worked with me to develop the original outline. This early feedback was invaluable, and made the writing process so much easier.

I would also like to thank the entire Wiley editorial team, especially Adaobi Obi Tulton and Nancy Rapoport, who worked tirelessly to pull the material together and offered outstanding feedback and insights. I would also like to thank the other members of the Wiley team, including Mary Beth Wakefield and Jim Minatel. The entire team made the process of delivering this book seem simple.

Additionally, I would like to thank Rohan Hart for agreeing to act as the technical editor on this book. I have worked with Rohan for around 10 years, and in all that time he has never failed to spot my mistakes and clean them up.

I would also like to thank Bede Bignell for providing the final technical proof read of the book, and catching any final issues.

I would also like to thank all the developers at Fronde, particularly those I have worked with over the last five years as we worked out the best way to use the functionality HTML5 has offered to deliver high-quality systems to our customers.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife and family for being patient and supportive while I completed this book (even when I was supposed to be on holiday) and for agreeing not to make too much noise while I worked on the screencasts.