Gorgi Kosev - HTML5 Data and Services Cookbook

Gorgi Kosev is the lead software engineer at CreationPal, where he currently works on development of mobile and desktop HTML5 applications, as well as cloud solutions based on Node.js. He is also responsible for the selection and development of the technology stack used in CreationPal products, such as SportyPal and Appzer for Google Docs.

He completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in 2008, and his Masters in Intelligent Information Systems in 2011. His research interests includes collaborative computer systems and machine learning.

In his spare time, he enjoys sharing code and hardware hacks with members of the local hack lab and playing the piano.

I would like to thank Svetle for her patience, support, and understanding during the restless nights and weekends spent writing this book.

Mite Mitreski works on custom enterprise application development with primary focus on Java and JVM-based solutions. He has worked as a programming course trainer in the past. He is deeply involved in activities surrounding development groups in Macedonia, where he is currently the JUG Leader of Java User Group, Macedonia. Mite has a great passion for free and open source software, open data formats, and the open web. Occasionally, he writes at his blog at http://blog.mitemitreski.com and can be reached on Twitter, his Twitter handle being @mitemitreski.

I would first like to thank my brother Stojan, who has been my inspiration throughout the years and was always someone to look up to. Thanks also to my great parents who raised me up to the person I'm today. I would also like to thank my girlfriend Marija and all the friends and colleagues at Netcetera who had to put up with me while I was away or half present. Thanks to all the reviewers, as well as the team at Packt Publishing who made the book happen. And last but not the least, thanks to W3C, the Mozilla team, Apache Software Foundation, and all of you who work on open technologies and make or keep the Internet free and open so the rest of us can enjoy it each day.

Rade Despodovski graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Skopje, Macedonia, in the year 2011 as a software engineer. He has been developing and using Microsoft technologies for eight years. In the last two years, his professional efforts have been concentrated on web technologies, in particular, using HTML5 and JavaScript. At present, his biggest interests lay in the development of multiplatform applications based on open-source technologies. Contact Rade at <>.

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

He has also reviewed HTML5 Enterprise Application Development , published by Packt Publishing.

Kevin Roast is a front-end software developer with 15 years professional experience and a lifelong interest in computer science and computer graphics. He has developed 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 also the co-author of a book Professional Alfresco: Practical Solutions for Enterprise Content Management, Wrox and has been a technical reviewer on several HTML5 and software development 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 lovely kids Ben, Alex, and Izzy.

Ljubomir Zivanovic is a senior software developer at Netcetera and lead of Microsoft Competence Center within the company. He has over a decade of experience in the software industry, mainly focused on web stack and front-end technologies that affect UX in every way. One of the founders of the Macedonian .NET User Group, devoted husband and father, and a passionate amateur photographer.

I would like to thank both the authors of this book for giving me the opportunity to work on this book as a reviewer; it was an extraordinary experience for me. I would also like to express my gratitude to my beloved wife for giving me the support and understanding what every passionate developer can only think of.