Stovall.Tom - Drupal 7 mobile web development beginners guide: transform your existing Drupal site into one that is completely compatible with mobile and tablet devices

Sumit Kataria is a software engineer and technology enthusiast who trusts in open source software. He possesses both a deep knowledge of Drupal programming and magical mobile application development skills that allow him to make Drupal and mobile sing together in beautiful harmony.

Sumit has done more than 15 iPhone/iPad/Android apps using Drupal as a base system. He has worked with Lullabot and CivicActions building several Drupal-integrated mobile applications, including the Drupalize.Me app and Do It With Drupal conference app.

Sumit is very passionate about everything he does and tries to bring the same enthusiasm to his projects. He has been a presenter at four DrupalCons and several DrupalCamps, advocating Drupal as a mobile application cloud-based backend. He was a Google Summer of Code student for Drupal in 2008, and in 2011, he managed the whole Drupal Summer of Code program.

When Sumit is not working on Drupal/mobile, he enjoys traveling and exploring new places. Sumit lives in New Delhi, India. Find him on LinkedIn or Twitter as @sumitk or on IRC as sumitk.

Trevor James is a Drupal developer based in Middletown, MD, USA. Trevor has been designing websites for 15 years using a combination of PHP, HTML, XHTML, CSS and ColdFusion, and has been using Drupal intensively for 5 years. Trevor's focus is on building web applications and portals for education, non-profit, medical systems, and small business environments.

He is interested in best methods of integrating web services with Drupal sites; optimizing Drupal site performance, and using Drupal content types, views, panels, and other contributed modules to develop front end interfaces that support data intensive websites. He loves teaching people about Drupal and how to use this excellent open source content management framework. He is also an active member of the drupal.org community of developers and frequently supports other Drupal users and developers via the drupal.org forums.

Trevor authored the Packt book, Drupal Web Services , published in November 2010. For more on this title, visit http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-web-services/book.

Trevor co-authored the Packt title, Drupal 6 Performance Tips , published in February 2010. For more on this title, visit https://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-performance-tips-to-maximize-and-optimize-your-framework/book.

Much thanks to the Packt editorial team for giving Tom Stovall the green light for this book, a much anticipated addition to the ever-growing Drupal library. Tom is a devoted and passionate Drupal developer and this text shows all of his enthusiasm and knowledge of the Drupal project. We stand to learn a lot, not only about mobile development, but also about Drupal from Tom's contributions here. Thanks Tom for taking the time to write this excellent resource.

As with my own book authoring, the reviewing process takes a great deal of time, so I'd like to thank my family for allowing me the time out from other daily family obligations to devote to the review process. Thanks to my wife, Veronica, and our lovely twin daughters, Francesca and Clare.

Michael Peacock is a web developer and Zend Certified Engineer from Newcastle, UK with a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Durham.

After working as Managing Director and Lead Developer and overseeing the development team at the web agency he co-founded almost five years ago, Michael stepped back from the business and now acts as Senior/Lead Web Developer on the telemetry project for Smith Electric Vehicles.

Michael loves working on web-related projects and is currently incubating a number of ideas for launch through his latest venture, Central Apps Limited (www.centralapps.co.uk). When he isn't developing or writing, Michael can often be found at user groups and conferences talking about web-related technologies, including large-scale data problems, innovative technologies, continuous integration, and automated deployment.

He is the author of Drupal 7 Social Networking, PHP 5 Social Networking, PHP 5 E-Commerce Development, Drupal 6 Social Networking, Selling online with Drupal e-Commerce , and Building Websites with TYPO3 . Other publications Michael has been involved with include Mobile Web Development and Drupal for Education and E-Learning . He was a technical reviewer for both of these books.

You can follow Michael on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelpeacock or find out more about him through his blog, www.michaelpeacock.co.uk.