Emanuele Feronato has been studying programming languages since the early eighties, with a particular interest in web and game development. He taught online programming for the European Social Fund and now owns a web development company in Italy where he also works as a lead programmer. As a game developer, he developed Flash games sponsored by the biggest game portals and played more than 50 million times. As a writer, he worked as technical reviewer for Packt Publishing. His blog, http: //www.emanueleferonato.com, is one of the most visited blogs about indie programming.