Kerri Shotts - Phonegap 3.X Mobile Application Development Hotshot

Kerri Shotts has worked with computers for nearly 24 years. Her love for technology and programming started when she was introduced to her first computer: a Commodore 64. She obtained a degree in Computer Science and went on to become a software test engineer. After that, she was an Oracle database administrator for several years. Now, she works as a Technology Consultant creating, implementing, and maintaining custom applications (both desktop and mobile), websites, graphics and logos, and much more for her clients. You can find her blog posts at her website (www.photokandy.com), and she is active on the Google Group for PhoneGap. When she isn't working, she enjoys photography, music, and fish keeping. She is the author of two other books, Instant PhoneGap Social App Development and PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot , both published by Packt Publishing.

Firstly, I will thank my family for their incredible support, even with the late night clacking of the keyboard. Thanks also to those who have made PhoneGap and Cordova such an awesome tool, and I am also thankful to those who support it on the forums. A special thanks to the technical reviewers of this bookyou're all amazing! Finally, thanks to Packt Publishing and their editorial staff for making sure that everything came out just right.

Gerard Braad is an all-rounder when it comes to IT. He has used many programming languages on both the frontend and backend as well as mobile solutions. He is currently working in the Beijing office of ThoughtWorks.

I would like to thank the contributors and community for improving PhoneGap/Cordova by suggesting new features, bugfixes, and writing great how-tos. However, I would also like to thank all the application authors who have used PhoneGap, since it shows what HTML and JavaScript are capable of doing.

Steve Husting wears various hats by day, including that of a website worker, in a company that designs and manufactures radio-controlled hobby cars. By night, he writes, does calligraphy, and creates iPhone and Android apps. He posts his findings about PhoneGap app development on his blog, http://iphonedevlog.wordpress.com, which is geared towards beginners.

Dhaval Nagar is an experienced Java and mobile developer who started developing JEE applications in 2006. He has been developing mobile/tablet applications since 2011 and has experience working on all major mobile platforms. His first experience with mobile devices began in 2008 on a Psion handheld computer.

At present, he is running his own software development and consulting business. Prior to that, he was working as a software architect, developing large-scale industrial software using Java, EJB, JMS, Spring, and so on. Now, he is focused on developing Cordova-based mobile applications for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry platforms. Besides mobile applications, he is also working on JavaScript-based frameworks such as NodeJS, Meteor, Famo.us, and AngularJS.

He lives in Surat, Gujarat, India, and can be reached at <>

Julio Csar Snchez has been a professional software developer since 2007. Over the years, he has worked with different technologies, most of them related to the Web. In 2010, he discovered PhoneGap and has been following the PhoneGap Google Group since thenlearning, helping other developers, and even contributing by creating PhoneGap plugins. He spends a part of his spare time developing mobile apps and writing tutorials about PhoneGap development for the website http://www.phonegap.es. You can visit his personal website to know more about him and his work at http://www.jcesarmobile.com or follow him on Twitter @jcesarmobile.

Rajpal A. Vishal is a mobile application developer with extensive experience in developing multi-platform mobile applications using Appcelerator Titanium and PhoneGap. He has contributed plugins to both the communities and is currently pursuing his Master's in Computer Science from Northeastern University, Seattle.

First and foremost, I would like to thank the author of this book for producing a great book for the readers, and I would also like to thank everyone related to this book.