Vangos Pterneas - Getting Started with HTML5 WebSocket Programming

Vangos Pterneas is a Software Engineer, passionate about natural user interfaces and modern innovative technologies. He loves developing smart clients for the Web and mobile devices. His professional experience includes iOS, Windows, Kinect, and HTML5 development for small and large-scale systems.

Vangos has worked as a Software Engineer and Consultant for Microsoft Innovation Center, where he participated in EU research projects and carried out numerous technical presentations and workshops. He is now running his own company, LightBuzz Software, introducing new concepts and software to the public. LightBuzz applications have won the first place in Microsoft's worldwide innovation competition, held in New York, and also the first place in TEDx's Rising Stars program.

Apart from this book, Vangos has reviewed Augmented Reality with Kinect , published by Packt Publishing.

When Vangos is not coding, he loves blogging about technical staff and providing the community with open-source utilities (http://lightbuzz.com)

I would like to thank my kitty and all of my fluffy cats (Pixel, Vector, and Apollo) for their patience and support.

Sann-Remy Chea works as a Software Engineer at Ubisoft Owlient, a video game company specialized in Web games, based in Paris, France. During his Master's degree, he created two games, which have reached thousands of players. As an intern, he worked at Ubisoft and then joined IBM in the Media & Entertainment industry. Fond of Web application development, he specializes in HTML5 and mainly develops in JavaScript. You can follow Sann-Remy on Twitter: @srchea.

First of all, I would like to thank the author of this book, Vangos Pterneas, for his awesome work. I would like to thank Nishanth for contacting me, as well as Akash and Mohammed for their support during the review. I would also like to thank the editorial team of Packt Publishing who have worked on this book.

Wayne Ye is a Software Developer, Tech Lead, and also a Geek. He has immersed himself in software development for nearly 8 years, with an emphasis on C#/ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, HTML5, JavaScript/jQuery, and nodejs. He is proficient in GOF Design Patterns, S.O.L.I.D principle, MVC/MVVM, SOA, REST, and AOP; he strongly believes in and masters Agile, Scrum, and TDD/BDD. He hacks daily with Vim. He is a CodeProject MVP (2012) and a certified PMP. In his spare time, he frequently writes tech/life blogs on WayneYe.com, and spends wonderful time with his dear wife and lovely son.

He works as a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. Autodesk helps people imagine, design, and create a better world. Autodesk offers an unparalleled depth of experience and a broad portfolio of software to give customers the power to solve their design, business, and environmental challenges. In addition to designers, architects, engineers, and media and entertainment professionals, Autodesk helps students, educators, and casual creators unlock their creative ideas through user-friendly applications.

Wayne is also the author of Cucumber BDD How-To , published by Packt Publishing.

I appreciate my family's strong support and understanding. And I appreciate Akash Poojary's patient guidance and support!