About the Authors

Ravi Kumar Gupta is an open source software evangelist and Liferay expert. He pursued M.S. degree in software system from BITS Pilani and B.Tech from LNMIIT, Jaipur. His technological forte is portal management and development using Liferay along with popular JavaScript libraries.

He is currently working as a lead consultant with CIGNEX Datamatics. He was a core member of the open source group at TCS, where he started working on Liferay and other UI technologies. During his career, he has been involved in building enterprise solutions using latest technologies with rich user interfaces and open source tools.

He loves to spend time writing, learning, and discussing new technologies. He is an active member of the Liferay forum. He also writes technical articles for his blog at TechD of Computer World (http://techdc.blogspot.in). He has been a Liferay trainer at TCS and CIGNEX, where he has provided training on Liferay 5.x and 6.x versions. He was also a reviewer for the book Learning Bootstrap by Packt.

He can be reached on Skype at kravigupta and on Twitter at @kravigupta. Connect with him on LinkedIn at http://in.linkedin.com/in/kravigupta.

I would like to thank my lovely wife Kriti and my family for their tremendous support in tough times. All that I am is because of them. Their support has helped me through good and bad times.

Thank you so much my co-authors Hetal and Harmeet for excellent support, the Packt team for understanding and cooperation, and the reviewers and editorial team for providing the right feedback. I truly appreciate you guys.

Hetal Prajapati is a technical lead working with CIGNEX Datamatics. She is from Gandhinagar, the capital city of the vibrant state of Gujarat. She did her masters in IT from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar. Her expertise includes designing and developing solutions for Enterprise Content Management portals.

She has been involved in building enterprise solutions using Liferay and other open source technologies across different domains. She has been involved in imparting training for Liferay using Liferay 5.x and 6.x. Apart from Liferay, Hetal has also worked on many other technologies and frameworks, such as Java, MongoDB, Spring, Hibernate, jQuery, JavaScript, and AngularJS. She loves to listen to music and read books in her free time. She can be reached on Twitter at @hetalp84. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn at http://in.linkedin.com/in/hetalprajapati.

I would like to express gratitude for the support and help provided by the entire Packt Publishing team throughout this project.

I also like to thank my co-authors Ravi and Harmeet for their excellent support during the entire project. Finally, I wish to thank my parents, my husband Jayesh, and my son Prakhar for their support and encouragement throughout my project.

Harmeet Singh is a Sr. UI Developer working for Cignex Datamatics with varied experience in UI. He hails from the holy city of Amritsar, India. His expertise includes HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, NodeJS, and more. His interests include music, sports, dancing, and adventures.

Harmeet has given various presentations and conducted workshops on UI development. On the academic front, Harmeet is a graduate in IT and a GNIIT diploma holder from NIIT specializing in software engineering. He can be reached on Skype at harmeetsingh090. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn at https://in.linkedin.com/in/harmeetsingh090.

I am really thankful to my colleagues Ravi, Hetal, and Nikhil whose support and encouragement led me to write this book and kept me motivated throughout the journey of completing this book. I am really thankful from the core of my heart to UI lead Mehul Bhatt and Vasim Khan for their immense contribution and guidelines.