Alex Libby - Mastering jQuery

Alex Libby has a background in IT support. He has been involved in supporting end users for almost 20 years in a variety of different environments, and he currently works as a technical analyst, supporting a medium-sized SharePoint estate for an international parts distributor who is based in the UK. Although Alex gets to play with different technologies in his day job, his first true love has always been the open source movement, and, in particular, experimenting with CSS/CSS3, jQuery, and HTML5. To date, Alex has already written eight books based on jQuery, HTML5 video, and CSS for Packt Publishing and has reviewed several more. Mastering jQuery is Alex's ninth book for Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my family and friends for their support throughout the process and the reviewers for their valuable comments; this book wouldn't be what it is without them!

Islam AlZatary is passionate about new technology in the web industry. He is an entrepreneur and loves to work with smart teams on good ideas. He has a bachelor's degree in computer information system. He has worked for 2 years as a PHP web developer and then he was appointed as a Sr. frontend engineer in 2010.

He deals with jQuery, jQuery UI, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, the Bootstrap framework, the Mailer template, JavaScript frameworks (RequireJS and AngularJS), and all design approaches. He also likes the mobile-first approach, Magento, e-commerce solutions, and creating his own CSS framework called Lego.

He has reviewed jQuery UI 1.10: The User Interface Library for jQuery , Packt Publishing .

He can be found at http://www.islamzatary.com. On Twitter, he can be found at https://twitter.com/islamzatary. You can also find him on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Ilija Bojchovikj is a talented senior manager of user experience design and development with the proven know-how to combine creative and usability viewpoints resulting in world-class web and mobile applications and systems. He has more than 4 years of experience in partnering with internal and external stakeholders to discover, build, improve, and expand the user experience and create and develop outstanding user interfaces.

He has a proven history of creating cutting edge interface designs and information architectures for websites and mobile applications through a user-centered design process by constructing screen flows, prototypes, and wireframes.

He believes in the power of the Web and those who make it what it is by making and sharing for the sake of betterment; by creating amazing, passionate, and empathetic communities; and by improving the human condition through it all. High five, people of the Web!

You can see what Ilija's up to at http://Bojchovikj.com or on Twitter at @il_337.

I'd like to thank the countless people who've given me opportunities and been my inspiration, teachers, sounding boards, my beautiful girlfriend, Monika, and friends. I won't list names because that's just boring and irrelevant for anyone else. Some of you know who you are, others may not. If I've argued passionately with you about the minutiae of nerdy stuff, you're likely to be on the list.

Arun P Johny is a dynamic and competent professional of Web application development with a bachelor's degree in computer application from Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore. He has been involved in software development for more than 8 years. He is one of the main contributors in Stack Overflow for JavaScript/jQuery questions.

For more than 8 years, he has been associated with Greytip Software Pvt Ltd where he is currently spearheading efforts as the tech lead in charge of developing Greytip Onlinethe leading online payroll and HR software in India. He focuses on developing a highly scalable and available web application using technologies that are as varied as Java, Spring, and memcache to JavaScript.

Arun has experience in all aspects of software engineering, which include software design, systems architecture, application programming, and testing. He has a vast product development experience in Java, jQuery, Spring, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, and many other enterprise technologies. Arun is skilled in other techniques such as Twitter Bootstrap, AngularJS, ExtJS, FreeMarker, Maven, Spring Security, Git, Activiti, Quartz Scheduler, Eclipse BIRT, and Agile methodology.

Arun loves problem solving and really enjoys brainstorming unique solutions. He can be reached at <.

I'm greatly thankful to my family members and colleagues for their support and motivation to review this book.

Lucas Miller , Internet Plumber, works as a programmer, designer, and cofounder for the jack-of-all-trades media design group RUST LTD (http://rustltd.com/). He likes long walks on the beach, pia coladas, and getting caught in long conversations about the nuances of typeface decisions in popular media. When he isn't developing websites or making games, he can be found teaching, wolf-wrangling, or pursuing whichever new and exciting opportunity presents itself to him that day.

You can find him at http://lucas.rustltd.com/.