Abhishek Dey was born in Bandel, West Bengal, India. He holds an MS degree in computer engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of compiler design, computer security, networks, data mining, analyses of algorithms, and concurrency and parallelism. He is a passionate programmer, who started programming in C and Java at the age of 10. Shortly afterwards, he developed a strong interest in web technologies and system implementation.
Abhishek possesses profound expertise in developing high-volume software using C++, Java, C#, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, and HTML5. He also enjoys coding in functional programming languages, such as SML. Some of his recent projects can be found at https://github.com/deyabhishek.
He is a Microsoft Certified Professional, an Oracle Certified Java Programmer, an Oracle Certified Professional Java EE Web Component Developer, and an Oracle Certified Professional Java EE Business Component Developer.
In his leisure time, Abhishek loves to listen to music, travel to interesting places, and paint something on canvas, giving colors to his imagination. More information about him can be found at http://abhishekdey.com.
He has reviewed Kali Linux CTF Blueprints, AngularJS UI Development, RESTful Web API Design with Node.js, and Mastering AngularJS for .NET Developers, all by Packt Publishing.
Glenn Geenen is a Node.js developer with a background in game and mobile development. He worked mostly as an iOS consultant before becoming a Node.js consultant for his own company, GeenenTijd.
Stefan Lapers started his career almost 20 years ago as an IT support engineer. Then, he quickly grew in the field of Linux/Unix system engineering and software development.
Over the years, he has gained experience in deploying and maintaining hosted application solutions while working for prominent customers, such as MTV, TMF, and many more. In recent years, Stefan was involved in multiple development projects and their delivery as services on the Internet.
In his spare time, he enjoys being with his family and flying remotely controlled helicopters.
Aravind V.S is an aspiring mind and a creative brain to look forward to in the field of technology. He is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and technology consultant whose interest in embedded systems and computers paved his way into the programming world at the age of 15. At that time, he developed a full-fledged stock and inventory management system for a family friend. He has cofounded Entity Business Foundations, a web and mobile technology start-up based in Kerala (https://teamebf.com/); founded ioStash, an open source Internet of Things platform (http://iostash.com/); and tailored cloud:VAR, an open source backendless web application framework (http://cloudvar.org/) written in NodeJS and MongoDB.
In his spare time, Aravind can be found outdoors, focusing his camera, reading books, or writing articles for his blog at http://aravindvs.com/blog/. He has previously reviewed NodeJS Cookbook and NodeJS Essentials by Packt Publishing. Currently, he works as the chief technology officer at Entity Business Foundations. You can contact him at <[email protected]>.