About the Reviewers

Gary Gilbert first got his start with programming, hacking on Ti 99/4a and VIC-20 systems in his early teens in Canada, and was instantly hooked. After graduating from University, Gary moved to England to work for an IT consultancy, where he developed desktop applications. Two years and seven addresses later, Gary found himself working for a government contractor in Washington DC, building web applications using a variety of client/server technologies, such as HTML and pure JavaScript. In early 2007, Gary was introduced to jQuery 1.1 and in 2010, he began developing web applications with jQuery full time.

Gary Gilbert is currently Deputy Manager of software development at CONTENS Software GmbH in Munich, Germany, where he helps develop the company's next-generation content management software.

Joni Halabi is a Senior User Experience Developer at Optaros with over 10 years' experience in frontend website development. In this role, she has worked with a wide variety of clients to provide them with robust and user-focused solutions.

Joni's technical expertise includes the frontend development of complex website designs on a variety of popular frameworks, including Magento, Hybris, Drupal, and WordPress. Her talents also include JavaScript and jQuery development, as well as code optimization to meet cross-browser and mobile browser requirements.

Prior to Optaros, Joni managed and developed with a team of talented U/I engineers for a Cambridge-based online gaming company and taught web development and graphic design at several elementary schools in upstate New York. Joni is also a certified Magento frontend developer.