Diogo Resende - Node.js High Performance

Diogo Resende is a passionate developer obsessed with perfection in everything he works on. He loves everything about the Internet of Things, which is the ability to connect everything together and always be connected to the world.

He studied computer science and graduated in engineering. At that time, he deepened his knowledge of computer networking and security, software development, and cloud computing. Over the past 10 years, Diogo has embraced different challenges to develop applications and services to connect people with embedded devices around the world, building a bridge between old and uncommon protocols and the Internet of today.

ThinkDigital has been his employer and a major part of his life for the last few years. It offers services and expertise in areas such as computer networking and security, automation, smart metering, and fleet management and intelligence. Diogo has also published many open source projects. You can find them all, with an MIT license style, on his personal GitHub page under the username dresende.

First of all, I would like to thank my wife, Ana, for putting up with my late-night writing sessions. She has given me enough of the space and tranquility that I needed to take up this challenge. I would also like to thank my son, Manuel, for being born exactly when I started writing the book, for stealing my attention but also making my days happier, and for giving me the strength to carry on and overcome every obstacle.

Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone in my company for putting up with me. I thank my business associate, Nuno, and my work colleagues Slvia, Luis, and Helder for collaborating and helping the company go ahead and achieve all our dreams.

Abhishek Dey was born in Bandel, West Bengal, India. He holds an MS degree in computer engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of compiler design, computer security, networks, data mining, analyses of algorithms, and concurrency and parallelism. He is a passionate programmer, who started programming in C and Java at the age of 10. Shortly afterwards, he developed a strong interest in web technologies and system implementation.

Abhishek possesses profound expertise in developing high-volume software using C++, Java, C#, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, and HTML5. He also enjoys coding in functional programming languages, such as SML. Some of his recent projects can be found at https://github.com/deyabhishek.

He is a Microsoft Certified Professional, an Oracle Certified Java Programmer, an Oracle Certified Professional Java EE Web Component Developer, and an Oracle Certified Professional Java EE Business Component Developer.

In his leisure time, Abhishek loves to listen to music, travel to interesting places, and paint something on canvas, giving colors to his imagination. More information about him can be found at http://abhishekdey.com.

He has reviewed Kali Linux CTF Blueprints , AngularJS UI Development , RESTful Web API Design with Node.js , and Mastering AngularJS for .NET Developers , all by Packt Publishing.

Glenn Geenen is a Node.js developer with a background in game and mobile development. He worked mostly as an iOS consultant before becoming a Node.js consultant for his own company, GeenenTijd.

Stefan Lapers started his career almost 20 years ago as an IT support engineer. Then, he quickly grew in the field of Linux/Unix system engineering and software development.

Over the years, he has gained experience in deploying and maintaining hosted application solutions while working for prominent customers, such as MTV, TMF, and many more. In recent years, Stefan was involved in multiple development projects and their delivery as services on the Internet.

In his spare time, he enjoys being with his family and flying remotely controlled helicopters.

Aravind V.S is an aspiring mind and a creative brain to look forward to in the field of technology. He is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and technology consultant whose interest in embedded systems and computers paved his way into the programming world at the age of 15. At that time, he developed a full-fledged stock and inventory management system for a family friend. He has cofounded Entity Business Foundations, a web and mobile technology start-up based in Kerala (https://teamebf.com/); founded ioStash, an open source Internet of Things platform (http://iostash.com/); and tailored cloud:VAR, an open source backendless web application framework (http://cloudvar.org/) written in NodeJS and MongoDB.

In his spare time, Aravind can be found outdoors, focusing his camera, reading books, or writing articles for his blog at >.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my friendsHarikrishnan, Abdulla Ahsan, and Muhammed Anasand my parents for their support in completing the review of this book. Thanks especially to my best friend, Kavya Babu, for her enduring support, encouragement, and faith in me, without which I wouldn't have been what I am today. Above all, I'd like to thank the Almighty for giving me everything I needed at the right time.