Fabrizio Romano was born in Italy in 1975. He holds a master's degree in computer science engineering from the University of Padova. He is also a certified scrum master, Reiki master and teacher, and a member of CNHC.
He moved to London in 2011 to work for companies such as Glasses Direct, and TBG/Sprinklr. He now works at Sohonet as a Principal Engineer/Team Lead.
He has given talks on Teaching Python and TDD at two editions of EuroPython, and at Skillsmatter and ProgSCon, in London.
I'm grateful to all those who helped me create this book. Special thanks to Dr. Naomi Ceder for writing the foreword to this edition, and to Heinrich Kruger and Julio Trigo for reviewing this volume. To my friends and family, who love me and support me every day, thank you. And to Petra Lange, for always being so lovely to me, thank you.
Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was eight years old. Gaston has a bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. He is an independent consultant, a freelance author, and a speaker.
He has been a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel® Black Belt Software Developer award eight times.
He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
At the time of writing this book, I was fortunate to work with an excellent team at Packt, whose contributions vastly improved the presentation of this book. Reshma Raman allowed me to provide her ideas to write a book dedicated to RESTful Web Services development with Django and Python, and I jumped into the exciting project. Aditi Gour helped me realize my vision for this book and provided many sensible suggestions regarding the text, the format, and the flow. The reader will notice her great work. It′s been great working with Reshma on another project and I can't wait to work with Reshma and Aditi again. I would like to thank my technical reviewers and proofreaders, for their thorough reviews and insightful comments. I was able to incorporate some of the knowledge and wisdom they have gained in their many years in the software development industry. This book was possible because they gave valuable feedback.
The entire process of writing a book requires a huge number of lonely hours. I wouldn't be able to write an entire book without dedicating some time to play soccer against my sons, Kevin and Brandon, and my nephew, Nicolas. Of course, I never won a match. However, I did score a few goals. Of course, I'm talking about real-life soccer, but I must also add virtual soccer when the weather didn't allow us to kick a real-life ball.
Arun Ravindran is an avid speaker and blogger who has been tinkering with Django since 2007 for projects ranging from intranet applications to social networks. He is a long-time open source enthusiast and Python developer. His articles and screencasts have been invaluable to the rapidly growing Django community. He is currently a developer member of the Django Software Foundation. Arun is also a movie buff and loves graphic novels and comics.
To my wife, Vidya, for her constant support and encouragement. To my daughter, Kavya, who showed understanding beyond her age when her dad was devoted to writing. To my son, Nihar, who is almost as old as the first edition of this book.
A big thanks to all the wonderful people at Packt Publishing who helped in the creation of the first and second editions of this book. Truly appreciate the honest reviews the wonderful technical reviewer. Sincere thanks to the author Anil Menon for his inputs on the SuperBook storyline.
I express my unending appreciation of the entire Django and Python community for being open, friendly and incredibly collaborative. Without their hard work and generosity, we would not have the great tools and knowledge that we depend on everyday. Last but not the least, special thanks to my family and friends who have always been there to support me.
