
Build sophisticated web applications by mastering the art of Object-Oriented Javascript
Kumar Chetan Sharma studied to be an electronics engineer and has always wanted
to build an ultimate sound system. He then, by chance, got a part time job as a trainee HTML
guy. From there he picked up CSS and JavaScript and there was no looking back. It was the time
when JavaScript was used to validate forms or create fancy DHTML effects and IE6 was the only
browser the world knew. He has been developing web applications since then, using LAMP stack. He
has worked on white label social networking applications to web control panels for telecom and
networked electrical charger infrastructures. He currently works as a frontend engineer for
Yahoo! Search.C. Hillar Gaston :
Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8
years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an
MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always
looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr.
Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has
received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written
many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in
technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and
Brandon.Antani Ved :
Ved Antani has been building scalable server and mobile platforms using JavaScript, Go, and Java since 2005. He is an associate vice president at Myntra and has previously worked at Electronic Arts and Oracle. He is an avid reader and author on several subjects. He has studied computer science and currently lives in Bangalore, India. Ved is passionate about classical music and loves to spend time with his son.