He has worked on the following books: Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets, 2008, ISBN 13: 978-1-847192-72-1; Liferay Portal 5.2 Systems Development, 2009, ISBN 13: 978-1-847194-70-1; Liferay Portal 6 Enterprise Intranets, 2010, ISBN 13: 978-1-849510-38-7; and Liferay Portal User Interface Development, 2010, ISBN 978-1-849512-62-6.
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank all team members at Liferay; especially Raymond Auge, Brian Chan, Jorge Ferrer, Michael Young, Bryan Cheung, Jerry Niu, Ed Shin, Craig Kaneko, Brian Kim, Bruno Farache, Thiago Moreira, Amos Fong, Scott Lee, David Truong, Alexander Chow, Mika Koivisto, Julio Camarero, Douglas Wong, Ryan Park, Eric Min, John Langkusch, Marco Abamonga, Ryan Park, Eric Min, John Langkusch, Marco Abamonga, Michael Han, Samuel Kong, Nate Cavanaugh, Arcko Duan, Richard Sezov, Joshua Asbury, Shuyang Zhou, Michael Saechang, Juan Fernndez, James Falkner, Olaf Kock, Zsolt Berentey, Dennis Ju, Sergio Gonzalez, Zsolt Balogh, Jonathan Mak, Eduardo Lundgren, Iliyan Peychev, Bruno Basto, Jonathan Lee, Aaron Delani, and Angelo Jefferson of Liferay for providing all the support and valuable information. Much thanks to all my friends in the Liferay community.
I sincerely thank and appreciate Sarah Cullington and Hyacintha D'Souza, Acquisition Editor and Lead Technical Editor respectively at Packt Publishing for criticizing and fixing my writing style. Thanks to Joel Goveya, Sakina Kaydawala, Azharuddin Sheikh, Ankita Shashi, Manasi Poonthottam, and the entire team at Packt Publishing; it is really joyful to work with them.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents and my wife, Linda, for their love, understanding, and encouragement. My special thanks to my wonderful and understanding kid, Josua.
About the Reviewers
Piotr Filipowicz is a technical architect and software developer with eo Networks S.A., Poland. He is an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS). He currently holds the position of a team leader in a group tasked with developing Liferay-based software. His accomplishments in enhancing and creating various Liferay components are evident in the number of successful implementations. His experience and knowledge are supported by certifications as a Liferay Portal Administrator, Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the Java Platform, Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform.
Since 2002 he has created various kinds of IT systems, from desktop applications through CMS applications supporting large banking and financial systems. His main interest lies in web applications. He uses Java and J2EE technologies on a daily basis, but his mind is open to other technologies and solutions. He holds a Master's in Software Systems from Politechnika Biaostocka, Poland.
Christianto Sahat Kurniawan is a software engineer who has been using Java as his programming language since 2001, and using Liferay since 2007. After having experience implementing Liferay for a big global bank and few other companies while working in Singapore and Germany, he decided to start a company focusing on enterprise portal development and training. You can read his blog at www.javaenterpriseportal.com.
I would like to thank the Liferay team, especially Jorge Ferrer, Olaf Kock, Amos Fong, and Ray Aug, who have contributed a lot in answering questions on Liferay's forum. And for the rest of Liferay team who have created a great open source software.
Szymon V. Gobiewski is the Chief of Competence Center for Portals at eo Networks S.A. a Poland-based company noted in Deloitte Technology Fast 50.
In his work, Szymon and his team focus on using Liferay as a tool for bringing best solutions for the company's clients. His team is responsible for commencing usability tests, preparing in-depth analysis of customer needs and delivering stable tools for company developers. One of his competences is managing product cycle of Liferay inside his company with all custom-made plugins and portlets. His vast knowledge of internet and usability standards gives him a useful advantage, when participating in Liferay programs like 100 PaperCuts program, Community Leadership, BugSquad.
His commitment to Liferay community development has resulted in participating at the East Coast Symposium 2011 as a speaker.