I would like to thank everyone in the Joomla! community for contributing and working together to make such great software that is available to everyone, without your efforts this book would not be possible.
A big thanks to Andrew Eddie, who since I met him in 2009, has been so generous in sharing his knowledge and expertise with me at the various Joomla! events throughout Australia.
Thanks to Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to write this book. All the feedback and suggestions provided by the editorial team have really helped to make this book even better.
I would like to thank the technical reviewers of this book, Alan Langford and Alex Andreae, both of whom have provided valuable suggestions and feedback.
Finally, I'd like to thank the thousands of people worldwide who have used my Joomla! extensions, without your encouragement I may never have acquired my addiction to Joomla!.
About the Reviewers
Alex Andreae holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. He first worked in the semi-conductor industry for nearly a decade before discovering Joomla!. Once found, he immediately fell in love with the development environment and community. Shortly thereafter, he co-founded SourceCoast Web Development in 2008.
SourceCoast (www.sourcecoast.com) develops extensions for integrating your Joomla! powered website with popular social networks. Their primary products are JFBConnect for Facebook integration and JLinked for LinkedIn integration with Joomla! and they are used on tens-of-thousands of websites.
Alex has spoken at more than a dozen different Joomla! events in the United States covering topics ranging from Joomla! development, to running a business around Joomla! extensions, and, of course, social networking with Joomla!. He is hoping to attend more international venues in the future.
I'd like to thank my wonderful wife and business partner, Melissa, for all the support she provides in everything we do.
To Alexis, I'll always love you, my sweet 3-year-old princess.
To Sebastian, our crazy 1-year-old, thank you for finally letting us sleep at night. I love you too.
Alan Langford is an innovator, marketer, developer, and entrepreneur. He has held senior positions in both technology and marketing organizations, and has served as a director and adviser for several technology companies.
Alan has four decades of software development experience, and has been contributing to open source projects for more than 20 years. He first started working with Joomla! in 2007 and has been a member of the Development Team and the Bug Squad. He is a founding member of the Joomla! Security Team and continues to make contributions to the Joomla! community. His Joomla! blog can be found at http://torontojoomla.ca.
You can follow Alan on Twitter as @FxNxRL
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