Object-Oriented JavaScript
Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript
applications, and libraries
Stoyan Stefanov
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Downloa d f r o m W o w ! e B o o k < w w w.woweb o o k . c o m >
Object-Oriented JavaScript
Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications,
and libraries
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Credits
Author
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About the Author
Stoyan Stefanov is a Yahoo! web developer, Zend Certied Engineer, and book
author. He talks regularly about JavaScript, PHP, and other web development topics
at conferences and on his blog at www.phpied.com, and also runs a number of other
sites, including JSPatterns.com—a site dedicated to exploring JavaScript patterns.
Stoyan is the engineering lead of Yahoo!'s performance optimization tool YSlow, and
contributes to other open-source projects such as Firebug and PEAR.
A "citizen of the world", Stoyan was born and raised in Bulgaria, but is also a
Canadian citizen, and is currently residing in Los Angeles, California. In his rare
ofine moments, he enjoys playing the guitar and going to the Santa Monica beaches
and pools with his family.
