About the Authors

Josh Juneau has been developing software and database systems for several years. Database application programming has been the focus of his career since the beginning. He became an Oracle database administrator and adopted the PL/SQL language for performing administrative tasks and developing applications for Oracle database. As Josh's skills evolved, he began to incorporate Java into his PL/SQL applications and later began to develop stand-alone applications in Java. He has extended his knowledge of the JVM by learning and developing applications with other JVM languages such as Jython and Groovy. His interest in learning new languages that run on the JVM led to his interest in Jython. Since 2006, Josh has been the editor and publisher for the Jython Monthly newsletter. In late 2008, he began a podcast dedicated to the Jython programming language. Josh was the lead author for The Definitive Guide to Jython and Oracle PL/SQL Recipes, which were published by Apress. He works as an application developer and database administrator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and is the lead for the Django-Jython project (http://code.google.com/p/django-jython/). Josh has a wonderful wife and four great children with whom he loves to spend time and teach about technology. To hear more from Josh, follow his blog, which can be found at http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com. You can also follow him on Twitter via @javajuneau.

Carl P. Dea is currently a software engineer working for BCT-LLC on projects with high performance computing (HPC) architectures. He has been developing software for 15 years with many clients from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofit organizations. He has written software ranging from mission-critical applications to web applications. Carl has been using Java since the very beginning and he also is a huge JavaFX enthusiast, dating back to when it was called F3. His passion for software development started when his middle school science teacher showed him the TRS-80 computer. Carl's current software development interests include rich client applications, game programming, Arduino, mobile phones, and tablet computers. When he's not working, he and his wife love to watch their daughters perform at gymnastics meets. Carl lives in Pasadena (aka “The Dena”), Maryland, USA.

Freddy Guime has been in the software industry for more than 12 years. He started programming at age 7 and billed his first consulting gig at 15. He has been working with Javafor more than 5 years and is a regular speaker at the JavaOne conference. Freddy currently works for an options trading software company in Chicago, in which sub-millisecond response time in response to market events is paramount. With his experience in multithreading and Java Swing he has managed to create Java clients that can consume tens of thousands of market events per second. He is also the host of JavaPubHouse.com, a podcast dedicated to the Java language, on which programming tips and tricks are discussed.

John O'Conner is a husband, father, and sleep-deprived technology enthusiast. Currently the globalization architect at Adobe Systems, John uses a variety of technologies, strategies, and best practices to ensure that Adobe's Creative Media and Marketing products meet the demands of a global customer base. He began his Java career at Sun Microsystems in 1997 and helped develop the internationalization and Unicode support libraries of the core Java SE platform. The common thread running through John's career is his interest in creating globalized, world-ready software platforms. He frequently writes about Java and internationalization topics on his blog at joconner.com. You can also follow him on Twitter as @jsoconner.