About the Authors

Benjamin J. Evans is the cofounder of jClarity, a startup that delivers performance tools to help development and ops teams. He is an organizer for the LJC (London’s JUG) and a member of the JCP Executive Committee, helping define standards for the Java ecosystem. He is a Java Champion; JavaOne Rockstar; coauthor of The Well-Grounded Java Developer; and a regular public speaker on the Java platform, performance, concurrency, and related topics. Ben holds a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge.

David Flanagan is a software engineer at Mozilla, currently working on MDN, the Mozilla Developer Network website. His books with O’Reilly include _Java in a Nutshell_, Java Examples in a Nutshell, Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, and JavaScript Pocket Reference. David has a degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife and children in the U.S. Pacific Northwest between the cities of Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.