Michael Bowers

有22年編程生涯的老牌程序員。他從14歲那年就開始自學編程，並一直勤奮不輟。

現在他的身份是首席工程師和企業信息技術架構師。他曾在很多項目中擔當過程序員、架構師以及數據建模師等角色，在開發網站、構建應用程序架構和數據庫係統方麵有豐富的經驗。除瞭開發過Web應用程序、集成企業信息係統、構建工廠自動化方案之外，他還開發過編程語言、編譯器及解釋器，並且還管理過軟件團隊。他最喜歡的編程語言包括：CSS、HTML、XML、C#、C++、Visual Basic、Java、JavaScript、SQL及XQuery。

另外，Michael在鋼琴上的造詣頗深。他擁有作麯專業的學士學位、樂理專業的碩士及準博士學位（ABD PhD）。閑暇時，他喜歡即興演奏、編排音樂並譜麯。

Dionysios Synodinos

C4Media的研究平颱團隊主管，同時還是一位自由顧問，關注互聯網富應用程序、Web應用程序安全性、移動Web以及Web服務等。

他還是InfoQ的HTML5及JavaScript方嚮的首席編輯，定期在網站上撰寫一些有關JVM平颱的文章。

遊走於服務器端編程與UI設計10餘年，他參與過不同的軟件項目，並且參與編寫過多部技術書籍。

Victor Sumner

LookSmart公司的高級軟件工程師。作為一位自學的Web程序開發者，在一款Web程序的生命周期中，他要擔負很多角色，從數據庫管理員到Web設計師，所有的工作他都做過。他喜歡挑戰並解決棘手的問題。

他有很多業餘愛好，包括攝影、騎馬、玩電子遊戲等。他和妻子Alicia一起住在加拿大的安大略省。

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