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Gaston C. Hillar
Gaston C. Hillar
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Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was 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 has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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Acknowledgments

At the time of writing this book, I was fortunate to work with an excellent team at Packt Publishing , whose contributions vastly improved the presentation of this book. Reshma Raman and Aaron Lazar allowed me to provide them ideas to develop this book and I jumped into the exciting project of teaching how to use many popular web frameworks to develop RESTful Web Services with Python 3.5. Divij Kotian 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 his great work. It was great working with Divij in another book. In fact, it is the third book in which I was able to work with Reshma and Divij. It’s been great working with them in another project and I can’t wait to work with them 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.

Gebin George did a wonderful job when the book moved into the production stage. He has made all the necessary adjustments to generate the final version of the book with an outstanding layout. Gebin made the book easy to read in its different versions and made sure I was happy with the results. A book like this one with so many tables, figures, pieces of code, commands and sample outputs requires skilled people with eye for detail during all the stages. I was fortunate to have Gebin onboard. 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.

I usually start writing notes about ideas for a book when I spend time at software development conferences and events. I wrote the initial idea for this book in San Francisco, California, at Intel Developer Forum 2015. One year later, at Intel Developer Forum 2016, I had the chance to discuss with many software engineers the book I was finishing and incorporate their suggestions in the final drafts.

The entire process of writing a book requires a huge amount 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.

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Author (1)

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Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was 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 has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
Read more about Gaston C. Hillar