Gibson Tang grew up loving technology after getting his hands on an old Apple II when he was still a young kid. Since then, he has never stopped keeping pace with technology, and after he coded his first "Hello World" program, he has been hooked on programming ever since.
Following his studies at Nanyang Polytechnic and Singapore Institute of Management and serving a 6-year stint in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), he honed his development skills creating software and games for Yahoo! and other Fortune 500 companies. In 2010, he founded Azukisoft Pte Ltd in Singapore to focus on mobile application development. Since then, he has developed countless mobile applications and games for start-ups and big companies both in USA and Singapore.
Apart from programming, he indulges in various hobbies such as soccer, computer games, and jogging in order to get his regular dose of Vitamin D and to see the sun once in a while. Occasionally, he would be on Steam or Battle.net blowing off some steam by slaying monsters and killer robots after a day of programming.
I would like to thank the many people who have contributed to my knowledge of programming over the years. Some honorable mentions go out to the geeks and nerds of Hackerspace.sg as they have kept me in stitches with their geek jokes and anime. Next, a great thank you goes to Mugunth Kumar, who is an overflowing fountain of knowledge of all things related to Objective-C. Also, thanks to Subhransu Behera, the organizer of the iOS Dev Scout meetup group in Singapore and finally, to my colleagues at Azukisoft Pte Ltd, namely Igor and Dimitry, who have never failed to amaze me with all their new knowledge and things they have learned over the course of their work with me.
Maxim Vasilkov is a mobile software developer in Azukisoft Pte Ltd. He started programming over 10 years ago. He started with iOS when the SDK was made publicly available, and from that time onwards, he developed a passion for making mobile apps. He is also experienced with other programming languages and has expertise working with various team sizes, which gave him the opportunity to look at different approaches to programming. Outside of work, he is a proud father of beautiful triplets, Anna, Maria, and Victoria, who are now 4 years old. This has helped him try out mobile games for kids and enables him to be an expert in mobile games for kids.
I would like to dedicate this chapter to my lovely wife, Irina, and my three princesses, Anna, Maria, and Victoria. Last but not least, I'd like to thank my colleagues at Azukisoft Pte Ltd and Gibson Tang for giving me an opportunity to work on a lot of challenging projects.