About the Reviewers

August N. Marcello III is a highly passionate software engineer with nearly 2 decades of experience in the design, implementation, and deployment of modern client-side web application architectures in the enterprise. An exclusive focus on delivering compelling SaaS based user experiences throughout the web ecosystem has proven both personally and professionally rewarding for him. His passion for emerging technologies in general, combined with a particular focus on forward-thinking JavaScript platforms, has been a primary driver in his pursuit of technical excellence. When he's not coding, he can be found trail running, mountain biking, and spending time with family and friends. Visit him online at www.augustmarcello.com.

Many thanks to Chuck, Mark, Eric, and Adam, with whom I had the privilege to work and learn. Gratitude to my family, friends, and the experiences I have been blessed to be a part of.

Yogesh Singh graduated in computer science and engineering from JSS Academy of Technical Education, India. He is a full-stack web developer with experience in major server-side web development stack (ASP.NET and Node.js) and advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Yogesh is enthusiastic about JavaScript, and its library and framework (Backbone, AngularJS, jQuery, and Underscore).

He started his career in data mining and data warehousing, with expert level knowledge in database development. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) in MSSQL.

He is a self-learner and enjoys learning algorithms and data structure. He achieved a statement of accomplishment from Standford University (Coursera) for algorithms.

Currently, he is working at Gainsight as a full-stack developer. Previously, he worked at OLX India and MAQ Software.

In his spare time, he likes to blog at http://mylearning.in. His LinkedIn profile can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogesh21

I would like to thank my family, friends, and colleagues for their support.

Nikolay Sokolov is a software engineer with vast experience in cloud computing, deployment automation, and enterprise software development. Currently, he is working on core platform development at Tonomi (http://tonomi.com/), delivering the autonomic management of cloud applications based on the flexible component model.

Feel free to contact him at https://twitter.com/chemikadze

Serkan Yersen is a software developer from San Francisco. He is the author of open source libraries such as ifvisible.js, underscore.py, and kwargs.js. Serkan has specialized in building large-scale JavaScript applications and creating UIs that will be used by a large variety of users. From 2006 to 2012, Serkan worked for http://www.jotform.com/ and built a complex form builder, which is being used by millions of users. Right now, he is building web applications for Home Depot and Redbeacon (http://www.redbeacon.com/). You can reach him at http://serkan.io/.