About the Reviewers
Patrick Chan is a device and configuration management SME (subject matter expert), working in the telecommunication industry. His experience in Python has been instrumental in developing build systems that have not only increased developer productivity, but would also ensure operational reliability by automating software releases.
Jake Kronika is a passionate full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience. Jake's career grew alongside the evolution of the web development space. Starting with GeoCities and Angelfire, his skills have gradually expanded from simple HTML and copy and paste scripts to encapsulate a deep understanding of CSS. JavaScript skills that span core ECMAScript standards as well as numerous client-side libraries and powerful frameworks, such as Node.js and AngularJS; scripting languages including Python and PHP; and various databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL among them.
Jake is currently senior software engineer with CDK Global Digital Marketing wing and a PHP developer with Webkey LLC. Outside these roles, Jake also operates a sole proprietorship through which he provides services spanning the full spectrum of web administration, design, and development.
In addition to his professional career experience, Jake has acted as a reviewer for numerous other Packt titles, such as Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery (2011), jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery (2011), jQuery Tools UI Library (2012), and Developing Responsive Web Applications with AJAX and jQuery (2014).
I would like to thank my family for their ongoing love and support.
Jorge Armin Garcia Lopez is a very passionate information security consultant from Mexico with more than seven years of experience in computer security, penetration testing, intrusion detection/prevention, malware analysis, and incident response. He is the head of GCS-CERT. He is also a security researcher at Cipher Storm Ltd and is the cofounder and CEO of the most important security conference in Mexico, called BugCON. He holds important security industry certifications such as OSCP, GCIA, and GPEN.
He loves reviewing code and books about information security and programming languages. He has worked on the books Penetration Testing with Backbox, Penetration Testing with the Bash Shell, Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), Django Essentials, and Getting Started with Django, all by Packt Publishing.