Jake Kronika

Jake Kronika, a senior software engineer with nearly 25 years' experience, has been working with Python since 2005, and Django since 2007. Evolving alongside the web development space, his skillset encompasses HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 6 on the frontend, plus Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and much more besides on the serve side.

Currently a senior software engineer and development team lead, he collaborates with skilled designers, business stakeholders, and developers around the world to architect robust web applications. In his spare time, he also provides full-spectrum web services as sole proprietor of Gridline Design & Development.

In addition to authoring Django 2 Web Development Cookbook – Third Edition, Jake has acted as a technical reviewer for several other titles:

• Web Development with Django Cookbook – Second Edition (Jan 2016)

• Developing Responsive Web Applications with AJAX and jQuery (Jul 2014)

• jQuery Tools UI Library (Feb 2012)

• jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery (Aug 2011)

• Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery (Jan 2011)