About the Author

Dusty Phillips is a Canadian freelance software developer, teacher, martial artist, and open source aficionado. He is closely affiliated with the Arch Linux community and other open source projects. He maintains the Arch Linux storefronts, and compiled the popular Arch Linux Handbook. Dusty holds a Master's degree in Computer Science specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. He currently has six different Python interpreters installed on his computer.

I would like to thank my editors, Steven Wilding and Mayuri Kokate for well-timed encouragement and feedback. Many thanks to friend and mentor Jason Chu for getting me started in Python and for patiently answering numerous questions on Python, GIT, and life over the years. Thanks to my father, C. C. Phillips, for inspiring me to write while editing his terrific works of fiction. Finally, thanks to every person who has said they can't wait to buy my book; your enthusiasm has been a huge motivational force.