Yuxian Eugene Liang - WordPress Mobile Applications with PhoneGap

Yuxian Eugene Liang is a researcher, author, web developer, and business developer. He enjoys solving difficult problems creatively by implementing web applications using Python/Django/Tornado and JavaScript/jQuery/Node.js. He also enjoys doing research related to the areas of social network analysis, social computing, recommendation algorithms, link analysis, data visualization, data mining, information retrieval, business intelligence, and intelligent user interfaces. He previously authored JavaScript Testing Beginner's Guide , Packt Publishing . Find him at http://www.liangeugene.com. Support for this book can also be found at http://wordpressphonegap.liangeugene.com.

I am grateful for this opportunity and I certainly want to thank the folks at Packt Publishing, Shraddha Bagadia, Manali Mehta, Maria D'souza, Ninad Vedak, and Namita Nair, who collaborated with me on this book.

Special thanks to Professor Daphne Yuan Soe-Tsyr, Professor Tsai-Yen Li, and Professor Pailin Chen of National Cheng Chi University (NCCU, Taipei Taiwan) for providing me with timely and practical advice on how to do great research and how to deal with life.

To the good people of Service Science Research Centre, Intelligent Media Lab, and the research team of the Flood and Fire research project of NCCU, thank you for helping me out when I needed it most.

I also want to thank Charlene Hsiao, YC. I, and Michelle Yuan for helping me out when both of my hands are down, literally.

Last but not least, my family members and friends for their continued support.

Ken Cenerelli is a Senior Software Developer who specializes in designing and creating effective solutions for both the Web and desktop environments. With over 11 years of experience in software design, development, and support, he has engineered strong, data-driven web applications using the Microsoft .NET framework for large and small companies throughout North America. Ken also works with mobile technologies and has built apps for both Windows Phone 7 and the Android OS. In the years prior to his career in software development, he was employed with the newspaper industry, holding jobs as a reporter and a newspaper librarian.

He lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife Rene. Visit his developer's blog at kencenerelli.wordpress.com to see what he is currently exploring, and to learn more about him, you can also follow him on Twitter at @KenCenerelli.

Adam D. Scott is a designer, frontend developer, husband, and father living in Connecticut. He has been a dedicated educator for six years, focusing on web technologies with project-based outcomes. He writes about the intersection of design, technology, and learning at adamdscott.com.

He is the author of the book, WordPress for Education , Packt Publishing .

I would like to thank those at Packt Publishing for their dedication to documenting and promoting open source software, and the WordPress community for their continual development of an incredible publishing platform.

Kerri Shotts is an IT Consultant specializing in mobile application development and website design. She can be found most days working from her home near Saint Louis, Missouri. She loves to read and write books and music, enjoys working with her aquariums, and is in love with all things Apple. She is the author of PhoneGap Hotshot , Packt Publishing .

I'd like to thank Packt Publishing for this opportunity. I'd also like to thank my family for supporting me in fulfilling my dreams, and my God for giving me the talent and ability.