Tamir Dresher is the chief architect of Clarizen, a leading SaaS company in work collaboration and project management. Prior to that, he was a senior architect and leader of the cloud division at CodeValue, Israel. Tamir has helped organizations and start-ups create scalable distributed systems with .NET and is a prominent member of Israel's Microsoft developers' community. He was awarded Microsoft MVP for his contributions as a conference speaker, organizing developer-community events, and authoring Rx . NET in Action. As part of his role as Professor of Software Engineering at the Ruppin Academic Center, Tamir loves teaching and mentoring students and speaking at international conferences. His Twitter handle is @tamir_dresher.
I want to thank those people who have been close to me and supported me, especially my wife, Gabriela, and my children, Shira, Yonatan, and Eyal. You are the ones who have given me the power to push forward. I love you.
Amir Zuker, a founder of CodeValue and its web division leader, is a senior software architect specializing in .NET and web-related technologies.Amir has headed up large development teams, conducted lectures and workshops, and has tackled various technological obstacles head-on in both frontend and backend products, including cloud, on-premise, and IoT solutions.A qualified instructor and consultant, he has helped dozens of companies build their systems from the ground up, including areas of recruitment, business analysis, architecture, design, implementation, testing, and DevOps.You can reach out to him via Twitter, @AmirZuker.
Shay Friedman is the CTO and VP, R&D, of Jifiti. With 20 years' experience in the software development world, Shay spearheads and manages the many technologies that Jifiti utilizes on a daily basis. Prior to that, Shay co-founded Pickspace, a VC-backed start-up in the field of real-estate tech. As CTO, he led the company's development efforts and helped it become a world leader in co-working space-related technologies. Prior to Pickspace, Shay co-founded CodeValue, one of the leading tech consulting companies in Israel, where he managed the web division, consulted dozens of companies, conducted training courses, and more. Shay is a renowned international speaker, loves playing basketball, and is endeavoring to improve his guitar playing.
I would like to thank my wife, Chen, and my beautiful family for their endless support and love. You give meaning to my words.
Shama Hoque has more than 8 years' experience as a software developer and mentor, with a master's in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
She specializes in full stack development with JavaScript, and currently makes web-based prototypes for R&D start-ups in California, while training aspiring software engineers and teaching web development to CS undergrads in Bangladesh.
She is also the author of Packt's Full Stack React Projects book, released in May 2018.
I would like to thank my family for their unconditional support and encouragement for everything I take on, and my students for continuously inspiring me to keep learning.
Antonio Esposito is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, software architect, father, son, and lover of cooking and eating. He has been addicted to computer programming from age eight, a developer since 2002, and a speaker from 2010. He has moved across Europe in the last fifteen years working as freelance consultant or speaker for companies such as UniCredit Bank, Ferrari F1 Racing Team, Microsoft Italy, IBM, and many others. He actively attends as a speaker at a lot of conferences, such as MCT Summit and WPC Italy. He is already an author for Packt with Learning .NET High Performance Programming in 2014 and Reactive Programming for .NET Developers in 2015.
Paul Johnson has been writing software since the early 1980s on machines ranging from the ZX81 and servers to his trusty Mac, and has used more languages than he can remember. He is a qualified scuba diver and college lecturer. Paul lives with his wife, kids, and pets, and listens to an inordinate amount of rock and metal on Primordial Radio. This is his third book for Packt.
He is an avid biker and volunteers for the Merseyside and Cheshire Blood Bikes on a regular basis and is also currently working on a proposal for his 4th book with Packt.
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