Greg L. Turnquist has worked in the software industry since 1997. He is an active participant in the open source community, and has contributed patches to several projects including MythTV, Spring Security, MediaWiki, and the TestNG Eclipse plugin. As a test-bitten script junky, he has always sought the right tool for the job. He is a firm believer in agile practices and automated testing. He has developed distributed systems, LAMP-based setups, and supported mission-critical systems hosted on various platforms.
After graduating from Auburn University with a Master's in Computer Engineering, Greg started working with Harris Corporation. He worked on many contracts utilizing many types of technology. In 2006, he created the Spring Python project and went on to write Spring Python 1.1 in 2010. He joined SpringSource, a division of VMware in 2010, as part of their international software development team.
I would like to extend my thanks to Sylvain Hellegouarch, Matt Closson, as well as my editors, for taking the time to technically review this book and provide valuable feedback. I thank my one-year-old daughter for pulling me away when I needed a break and my one-month-old son for giving me MANY opportunities in the middle of the night to work on this book. I especially thank my precious wife Sara for the support, encouragement, patience, and most importantly for saying "I think we should strike while the iron is hot" when I was offered this writing opportunity.
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