About the reviewers

Ashok Kumar S has been working in the mobile development domain for about six years. In his early days, he was a JavaScript and Node developer. Thanks to his strong web development skills, he has mastered web and mobile development. He is a Google-certified engineer, a speaker at global level conferences (including DroidCon Berlin and MODS), and he also runs a YouTube channel called AndroidABCD for Android developers. He is a computer science and engineering graduate who is passionate about innovation in technology. He contributes to open source heavily with a view to improving his e-karma.

He has also written books on Wear OS programming and mastering the Firebase toolchain. In his spare time, he writes articles and makes videos on programming. Ashok Kumar has also reviewed books on mobile and web development, namely Mastering JUnit 5, Android Programming for Beginners, and developing Enterprise applications using JavaScript.

Dave has had over 16 years' experience as a software engineer. After working for a number of creative agencies in London and then as a contract tech lead for a global e-commerce company, he is now tech lead at Seccl Technology, a start-up based in Bath, UK, that is building pioneering digital services for the financial industry, working with a serverless infrastructure in the cloud, and providing wonderful experiences through their web applications. He has worked with TypeScript for about five years and has seen it mature a lot over the years. Dave has worked specifically on React applications for over two years, as well on serverless code for the Seccl platform.

Pogo Kid is Dave's consultancy where he provides support for companies wanting to improve their serverless, React, and TypeScript applications. He has also reviewed a couple of book proposals for Manning on TypeScript. 

He has had the privilege of bringing leadership to development teams across the world, including many household names. He is a firm believer that when systems have the correct architecture and the team has a good mix of passion and skill, users will have a wonderful experience.

Daniel Deutsch is working as a web developer in various companies. Although most of his work is structured around client-side development, he is also able to contribute to different problem areas in software development, like the backend, devops, or project management. Coming from legal fields and also studying law he aims for bringing the 2 areas together and create additional value for both industries. As his personal interest focuses on machine learning, he likes to incorporate more of those disciplines in his day to day work.

Daniel's ultimate goal is to structure a business around motivated people to create something that brings value to humanity and lasts for a long time period.