About the Authors

Chip Lambert has been creating websites ever since his high school days, when he started with fantasy sport websites. In addition to these 20 years of HTML experience, he has 15 years of experience with PHP and MySQL development. He previously wrote Instant RESS Implementation How-to by Packt Publishing. He is currently a technical analyst for Jenzabar, Inc. You can follow him on Twitter at @chiplambert or visit his personal blog cum website at http://www.programmerchip.com.

First, I would like to thank my wife and daughter for their patience and love during the writing of this book. I love you both very dearly. I would like to thank my parents for everything they've done over the growing-up years to keep me alive.

Also, a big thanks to Shreerang for coming in at a difficult time and helping out with the completion of this title. Also, thanks to all the technical reviewers for their help.

Shreerang Patwardhan completed his bachelor's degree in computer engineering, and since then, he has been working on various technologies for the last 4.5 years. He started off by working for a small start-up in Pune, India, on an innovative solar-powered Linux-based handheld device. He has also worked extensively on Google Maps API v3 and worked in the GIS domain for more than a year. He is also one of the technical reviewers for Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook, published by Packt Publishing.

Shreerang is currently employed at a MNC in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA, as a technical consultant and is working on the frontend development of various web applications using different cutting-edge frontend technologies. He is also a certified Scrum Master and absolutely loves and encourages the Agile methodology.

When not working on a project, he blogs about either the Google Maps API v3 or the jQuery Mobile framework on his blog, Spatial Unlimited. When not working or blogging, Shreerang loves spending time with his family and friends and absolutely enjoys sweating it out on the badminton court. He has been playing badminton for the last 20 years and also takes a keen interest in UFOlogy.

You can reach him on his blog, contact him on LinkedIn, or follow him on Twitter (@shreerangp).

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who have directly or indirectly played a huge role in me authoring this book. First and foremost, I would like to thank Amit Karpe, my first reporting manager and a dear friend, who introduced me to writing and always encouraged me to write a book and had faith in my capabilities.

Thanks to Adrian Raposo, the content development editor for this book, for believing in me, and for providing me with the opportunity to author this book with Chip. Thank you for all the patience and encouragement that you provided us during the process of writing the book.

A huge thanks to my colleagues from various organizations, from whom I have learned a lot technically and continue to learn, especially the developer friends, seniors, and peers from Cybage Software, Pune, India. Thanks to all the folks from this organization for always being available to help and guide.

Thanks to my friends, who have always been there for me and tolerated my madness.

Finally, thanks to my parents and my brother, who have always backed me in whatever I pursued and have always believed in me and encouraged me to pursue my dreams.