About the Author
Vijay Joshi is a programmer with over six years of experience on various platforms. He
discovered his passion for open source four years ago when he started playing with PHP on a
hobby project after completing his Masters in Computer Applications. Vijay is a professional
web developer now and prefers writing code ONLY in open source (but that does
not always happen, unfortunately!). He switches hats as needed—he is full-time lead
programmer at Philogy, independent consultant for a few selected companies where he
advises them on a variety of Internet-based initiatives, and still remains an active blogger
at http://vijayjoshi.org.
Besides his work, he enjoys reading, trekking, and sometimes getting obsessed with tness.
Writing a book is a long and complicated task which requires the support
and coordination of many people. I am thankful to the entire team at Packt,
especially Michelle, Chaitanya, and Neha for being so cooperative and
patient with me.
This book is dedicated to all open source developers, contributors, and
enthusiasts around the world who have made PHP and jQuery the leading
programming tools in their niche. A big thank you to you guys. I am feeling
both proud and excited to be able to contribute to the community that gave
me so much to learn.
On a personal note, I would like to thank my parents, my brother Ajay, and
Sheethal for their support and encouragement.
A special thanks to Ravindra Vikram Singh for helping me get started on
this project.
