Marc Grabanski got involved early on with jQuery by authoring what would become the jQuery UI Datepicker. He works, arguably too much, building user interfaces and web software all the day long with his company MJG International.
Akash Mehta is a web application developer and technical author based in Australia. His area of work covers e-learning solutions, information systems, and developer training. He regularly writes web development articles for Adobe, CNet, the APC Magazine, and other publications in print and online. He is a regular speaker at IT conferences, user groups, and BarCamps. Currently, Akash provides web development, technical writing, consulting, and training services through his website, http://bitmeta.org/.
Jörn Zaefferer is a professional software developer from Cologne, Germany. He creates application programming interfaces (APIs), graphical user interfaces (GUIs), software architectures, and designs databases, for both web and desktop applications.
His work focuses on the Java-platform, while clientside-scripting evolves around jQuery. He started contributing to jQuery in mid-2006, and has since co-created and maintained QUnit, jQuery's unit testing framework; released and maintained a half-dozen of very popular jQuery plugins, and contributed to jQuery books as both author and tech-reviewer. He also is a lead developer for jQuery UI.
This book is dedicated to my eternally patient and understanding wife Tammy and my beautiful kids Bethany, Matthew, James, and Jessica. Shining supernovas that light up my life.