Benjamin Jakobus graduated with a BSc in computer science from University College Cork and obtained an MSc in advanced computing from Imperial College, London. As a software engineer, he has worked on various web development projects across Europe and Brazil.
To Inaê Lucato Debroi, for your love. To Marina Barrenne De Artagão Quental, for all your kindness and support. To Eduardo Quental, for giving me so much of your time.
Jason Marah is VP of engineering at Teckro. Jason is a University College Cork alumnus, graduating with a BSc in computer science. Jason has worked as a full-stack engineer, specializing in JavaScript on various projects around Europe.
To Heather, for so much love, support and understanding. To my family and friends for the never ending encouragement.
Alfonso has strong experience and a wide-ranging knowledge base of web development. He has been working almost 20 years for many company sizes, teams, and industries. He fights for best practices, performance, scalability, and Test Driven Development. He’s currently working as technical lead for Aer Lingus, Ireland.
I’d like to give a big thanks to Benjamin Jakobus and Jason Marah, who were a delight to work and collaborate with, and a very special thanks to my wife, Ana, for being a great pillar of support while I worked on the book.
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