Before Python, he has worked with several other languages, such as C/C++, Java,PHP, and C#.
In 2011, he moved to London and started working as a Python developer for GlassesDirect, one of Europe's leading online prescription glasses retailers.
He then worked as a senior Python developer for TBG (now Sprinklr), one of the world's leading companies in social media advertising. At TBG, he and his team collaborated with Facebook and Twitter. They were the first in the world to get access to the Twitter advertising API. He wrote the code that published the first geo-narrowcasted promoted tweet in the world using the API.
He currently works as a senior platform developer at Student.com, a company that is revolutionizing the way international students find their perfect home all around the world
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Adrian Raposo and Indrajit Das from Packt Publishing for their help and support and giving me the opportunity to live this adventure. I would also like to thank everyone at Packt Publishing who have contributed to the realization of this book. Special thanks go to Siddhi Rane, my technical editor. Thank you for your kindness, for working very hard, and for going the extra mile just to make me happy.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Simone Burol and Julio Trigo, who have gifted me with some of their precious free time. They have reviewed the book and provided me with invaluable feedback.
A big thank you to my teammates, Matt Bennett and Jakub Kuba Borys, for their interest in this book and for their support and feedback that makes me a better coder every day.
A heartfelt thank you to Marco "Tex" Beri, who introduced me to Python with an enthusiasm second to none.
A special thanks to Dr. Naomi Ceder, from whom I learned so much over the last year. She has given me precious suggestions and has encouraged me to embrace this opportunity.
Finally, I would like to thank all my friends who have supported me in any way.
About the Reviewers
Simone Burol is an Italian software developer who was born in Treviso (Italy) in 1978. He obtained a master's degree in computer science engineering from the University of Padua (Italy), and since then worked in banking for 5 years in Venice (Italy). In 2010, he moved to London (United Kingdom), where he worked in warehouse automation for Ocado Technology and then in banking for Algomi.
Julio Vicente Trigo Guijarro is a computer scientist and software engineer with almost a decade of experience in software development. He is also a certified Scrum master, who enjoys the benefits of using agile software development (Scrum and XP).
He completed his studies in computer science and software engineering from the University of Alicante, Spain, in 2007. Since then, he has worked with several technologies and languages, including Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Java, JavaScript, and Python.
Some of the applications covered by Julio during his career include RESTful APIs, ERPs, billing platforms, payment gateways, and e-commerce websites.
He has been using Python on both personal and professional projects since 2012, and he is passionate about software design, software quality, and coding standards.
I would like to thank my parents for their love, good advice, and continuous support.
I would also like to thank all my friends that I met along the way, who enriched my life, for motivating me and helping me progress.
Veit Heller is a full stack developer, mostly working on the backend side of web projects. He currently resides in Berlin and works for a prototypical Pythonista company named Bright. In his free time, he writes interpreters for various programming languages.
I would like to thank the people at Bright for being a welcoming company that supports me in all my endeavors, my friends and my family for coping with my strangeness, and manufacturers of caffeinated drinks worldwide.
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