About the Authors

John Resig is a developer at Khan Academy and the creator of the jQuery JavaScript library. In addition to Pro JavaScript Techniques, he’s also the author of Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja (Manning, 2012).

John is a Visiting Researcher at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto working on the study of Ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock printing). He has developed a comprehensive woodblock print database and image search engine, located at http://ukiyo-e.org.

Russ Ferguson is a developer and instructor working in and around New York City. He is currently a manager with SunGard Consulting Services, developing applications for clients like Morgan Stanley and Comcast. For many years Russ has been an instructor for Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design.

He has developed applications for both start-ups and established organizations like Chase Bank, Publicis Groupe, DC Comics, and MTV/Viacom.

Some of his interests are encouraging young people to code and the ways technology changes media consumption and participation.

Other interests include practicing Japanese, writing, film, concerts, and finding a good wine or sake. Tweets can be found @asciibn.

John Paxton is a programmer, trainer, author, and presenter who lives in his native New Jersey. Studying history at Johns Hopkins University, he discovered that he spent more time in the computer lab than at the document archives. Since then, his career has oscillated between programming and training, working with many of the various languages used in web development over the last 15 years. He now concentrates on JavaScript and Java, with the occasional nostalgic visits to Perl and XML. He can be found on Twitter @paxtonjohn and at his website: speedingplanet.com.