R.J. Lindelof
About the Author
Gilberto Crespo is a skilled frontend developer who started frontend developing using CSS2, HTML4, and tableless HTML in 2005. He has always focused on increasing his knowledge by following strong trends, such as HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery. In the past five years, he has helped improve the web development process by creating and spreading best development practices for CI&T where he currently works. For the past two years, he has been working exclusively on responsive websites on the job and supporting other web developers by answering questions on responsive websites. He has been connected with new technologies and design trends.
He is passionate about creating themes for Drupal CMS and websites' look and feel in general since 2011. Currently, he is writing technical articles and giving presentations in Brazil, sharing his knowledge with students and with the Drupal community and friends.
Outside of work, he enjoys a normal life, trying to learn something new every day.
Feel free to contact him at www.gilcrespo.com.
I would like to thank my lovely wife Gabriela for her strong support and her patience with me. Also, I thank my parents and my friends who have supported me greatly in accomplishing this work.
About the Reviewers
Maria Gabriela Didoni has over 12 years of experience in the field of English Language Teaching. She has degrees in Portuguese and English, Spanish, and Translation. She attended these courses at Sagrado Corao University, Bauru, So Paulo. Maria also has a Post Graduation Certificate in Education from the same university, and has attended other English courses at the Vancouver English Center in Canada.
Joydip Kanjilal is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in ASP.NET, a speaker, and the author of several books and articles. He has over 16 years of industry experience in IT, with more than 10 years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. He was selected as MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight ( MSDN ) a number of times and also as Community Credit Winner on www.community-credit.com several times.
He has authored the books Visual Studio Six in One , Wrox Publishers ; ASP.NET 4.0 Programming , Mc-Graw Hill Publishing ; Entity Framework Tutorial , Packt Publishing ; Pro Sync Framework , Apress ; Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours , Sams Publishing ; and ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials , Packt Publishing .
Joydip has authored more than 250 articles for some of the most reputable sites, such as www.msdn.microsoft.com, www.code-magazine.com, www.asptoday.com, www.devx.com, www.ddj.com, www.aspalliance.com, www.aspnetpro.com, www.sql-server-performance.com, and www.sswug.com. Many of these articles have been selected at www.asp.netMicrosoft's official site for ASP.NET.
He has years of experience in designing and architecting solutions for various domains. His technical strengths include C, C++, VC++, Java, C#, Microsoft .NET, Ajax, WCF, REST, SOA, Design Patterns, SQL Server, Operating Systems, and Computer Architecture.
He writes blog at http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joydip. His website is www.joydipkanjilal.com and he is avaliable on Twitter at https://twitter.com/joydipkanjilal. You can find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joydipkanjilal and on LinkedIn at http://in.linkedin.com/in/joydipkanjilal.
Alex Libby has his background in IT supporthe has been involved in supporting end users for the last 15 years in a variety of different environments and currently works as a Technical Analyst, supporting a medium-sized SharePoint estate for an international distributor based in the UK. Although Alex gets to play with different technologies in his day job, his first true love has always been with the open source movement and, in particular, experimenting with jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5.
To date, Alex has written several books for Packt, including one on HTML5 technologies and another on jQuery Tools. In his free time, Alex enjoys helping out at the local amateur theatre, cycling, and photography.
R.J. Lindelof has been innovating in the frontend web development field since 1998 and has been in the software development industry since 1993. He owns and maintains hundreds of web properties for his company and clients. Since the first Smartphone was released, he has been an enthusiast and leader in this field. His specialty is web applications and bringing the power and scalability of applications to the Cloud.
Today, R. J. continues to develop responsive web applications and solutions for clients and is constantly learning new techniques. He trains and mentors fellow developers and is part of an ever-growing community of software craftsmen.
Carla Molina has extensive experience in the field of teaching, proofreading, and translating in the English language. She has translated and proofread scientific articles, websites, and other publications. Having lived in the United States for six years, she was able to attend a variety of English courses, and teach ESL ( English as a Second Language ) to immigrants, at a language school in New Jersey. She also received a degree in Liberal Arts after attending Essex County College, and is currently pursuing a second degree in Portuguese and English, at a university in Brazil. In 2012, she was given the opportunity to work as an English coach, at an IT company in the city of Campinas, So Paulo. Currently, Carla owns a language institution that offers customized English classes and translation services. In her free time, she enjoys photography, yoga, listening to music, and drawing.