James Turner is a freelance journalist and editor who also happens to have nearly 30 years of experience as a software engineer. He writes for outlets as varied as The Christian Science Monitor and Computerworld , and edits the ONLamp.com website for O’Reilly Media. He has also written two books on Java Web development, both published by Sams.
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