About the Author

Andrew K. Dennis is the Manager of Application Development at Prometheus Research. Prometheus Research is a leading provider of integrated data management for research and the home of HTSQL, an open source navigational query language for RDMS.

Andrew has a Diploma in Computing and a BS in Software Engineering; he is currently studying a second BS in Creative Computing in his spare time.

He has over 10 years of experience working in the software industry in the UK, Canada, and USA. This experience includes e-Learning, CMS and LMS development, SCORM consultancy, web development in a variety of languages, open source application development, and running a blog dedicated to maker culture and home automation.

His interests include web development, e-Learning, 3D printing, Linux, the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, open source projects, parallel computing, home automation, amateur electronics, home networking, and software engineering.

Many of these topics were covered in his previous book from Packt Publishing, Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino.

I would like to thank my wife Megen for supporting me throughout this project, my parents for their support with my interest in technology whilst growing up, and the team at Prometheus Research for making this a great and interesting place to work and helping to change the face of data management.

I would also like to thank Aboli Ambardekar, Amit Ghodake, and Edward Gordon at Packt Publishing for their guidance throughout this process, and the technical reviewers for their thoughtful comments.