Alex Garcia is a Software Engineer at Schibsted. He started coding in C++ but later moved to Java. He is also interested in Groovy, Scala, and JavaScript. He is always eager to learn new things and that is why he has also worked as a System Administrator and Full Stack Engineer. He is a big fan of agile practices. He is always interested in learning new languages, paradigms, and frameworks. When the computer is turned off, he likes to walk around sunny Barcelona and play sports.
I enjoyed writing this book and I would like to thank those people who made this possible. Thanks to the technical reviewers and staff at Packt Publishing for their valuable contributions. Thanks Viktor for sharing this experience with me. And finally, special thanks to my parents, my brother, and my girlfriend for being there whenever I need them.
Viktor Farcic is a Senior Consultant at CloudBees, a member of the Docker Captains group, and an author. His big passions are DevOps; microservices; continuous integration, delivery, and deployment; and test-driven development.
He often speaks at community gatherings and conferences. He published The DevOps Toolkit series and the Test-Driven Java Development book. His random thoughts and tutorials can be found at his blog, Technology Conversations.
I would like to thank a lot of people who have supported me during the writing of this book. The people at Everis and Defe (companies I worked with earlier) provided all the support and encouragement I needed. The technical reviewers, Alvaro Garcia, Esko Luontola, Jeff Deskins, and Muhammad Ali, did a great job by constantly challenging my views, my assumptions, and the quality of the code featured throughout the examples. Alvaro provided even more help by writing the Legacy Code chapter. His experience and expertise in the subject were an invaluable help. The Packt Publishing team was very forthcoming, professional, and always available to provide guidance and support. Finally, I'd like to give a special thanks to my daughter, Sara, and wife, Eva. With weekdays at my job and nights and weekends dedicated to this book, they had to endure months without the support and love they deserve. This book is dedicated to my girls.
Jeff Deskins has been building web applications in the cloud since 2008 and enjoys using new technologies to do what was previously impossible. He is continuously learning best practices for creating high-performance applications.
Prior to his internet development career, Jeff worked for 13 years as a television news photographer. He continues to provide internet solutions for different television stations.
I would like to thank my wife for her support and patience through the many hours of me sitting behind my laptop learning new technologies. Love you the most!
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