david beazley is long-time python enthusiasthaving been involved with the python community since he is probably best known for his work on swiga popular software package for integrating / +programs with other programming languagesincluding pythonperlruby,tcland java he has also written number of other programming toolsincluding plya python implementation of lex and yacc dave spent seven years working in the theoretical physics division at los alamos national laboratorywhere he helped pioneer the use of python with massively parallel supercomputers after thatdave went off to work as an evil professorwhere he enjoyed tormenting college students with variety of insane programming projects howeverhe has since seen the error of his ways and is now working as an independent software developerconsultantpython trainerand occasional jazz musician living in chicago he can be contacted at about the technical editor noah gift is the co-author of python for unix and linux system administration ( 'reillyand is also working on google app engine in action (manninghe is an authorspeakerconsultantand community leaderwriting for publications such as ibm developerworksred hat magazineo'reillyand mactech his consulting company' website is noah has master' degree in cis from cal statelos angelesa in nutritional science from cal poly san luis obispois an apple and lpi-certified sysadminand has worked at companies such as caltechdisney feature animationsony imageworksand turner studios he is currently working at weta digital in new zealand in his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife leah and their son liamcomposing for the pianorunning marathonsand exercising religiously lib fl ff