Nehal Shah - HTML5 Enterprise Application Development

Nehal Shah is a technology director with over 10 years of experience building high performance teams and creating software spanning from frontend to backend and everything in between. He earned his BA in psychology at the University of Chicago and his MS in Information Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He currently is Executive Director of Engineering at Kaplan Test Prep and leads an emerging solutions team that builds innovative web and mobile products to capture new markets. For more information, check out his website at nehalium.com.

First and foremost, I want to thank Gabriel for joining me on this journey. Your enthusiasm and determination kept me going page after page and your talent and work ethic never cease to amaze me.

Secondly, I would like to thank my family for pushing me to where I am today. From my mom and dad buying me my first computer, to my sister forcing me to learn my multiplication tables, to my brother teaching me to write my first program, I am indebted to you all for everything I have.

Lastly, a special thank you goes to my wife, Shilpa, who continues to look out for me, to encourage me, and to push me to be better than I am.

Gabriel Jos Balda Ortz is a computer engineer and graduate from Simn Bolvar University in Venezuela. After obtaining his degree, he studied graphic design in Centro Art, Venezuela. Since 2003, Gabriel has been developing web applications for multiple enterprises including various freelance projects. In 2011, he moved to New York to work on educational applications for Kaplan Test Prep. You can see his portfolio at gabrielbalda.com.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Nehal for including me on this project, and Bernardo Rodriguez for inviting me to be part of his entrepreneurial adventures.

Special thanks to my mother and my grandmother, they provided me the education and love that made me the person I am today.

Finally, I want to thank my wife, Cindy, the love of my life, for being with me on this journey, giving me her support and helping me to be a better man every day. Part of this book is dedicated to her.

Santiago Martn-Cleto started his career as web designer for an outstanding Spanish media group in 1999. Passionate about design and code, he considers himself a web standards and open source advocate. He has been very involved in huge projects for mass media and financial corporations as a contribution to launch start-ups. As a frontend developer, he is specialized in high traffic websites performance issues.

Kevin Roast is a frontend software developer with 15 years of professional experience and a lifelong interest in computer science and computer graphics. He has developed web software for several companies and is a founding developer at Alfresco Software Ltd. He is very excited by the prospect of the HTML5 standardization of the web and the progress of web browser software in recent years. He was co-author of the book Professional Alfresco: Practical Solutions for Enterprise Content Management published by Wrox , and has been a technical reviewer on several HTML5-related books.

I would like to thank my wife for putting up with me tapping away in the evenings reviewing book chapters and to my three kids Alex, Ben, and Izzy for being little wonders.