Java Tutorial, The

Raymond Gallardo is a senior technical writer at Oracle Corporation. Previous engagements include college instructor, technical writer for IBM, and bicycle courier.   Scott Hommel is a senior technical writer at Oracle Corporation, where he documents the Java SE platform. For the past fifteen years, he has written tutorials, technical articles, and core release documentation for Java SE and related technologies.   Sowmya Kannan wears many hats on the Java SE documentation team including planning, writing, communicating with developer audiences, and tinkering with production tools. She has more than fifteen years’ experience in the design, development, and documentation of the Java platform, Java-based middleware, and web applications.   Joni Gordon is a principal technical writer at Oracle Corporation. She has contributed to the documentation for Java SE and for JavaFX. She has been a technical writer for more than fifteen years and has a background in enterprise application development.   Sharon Biocca Zakhour was previously a principal technical writer on staff at Oracle Corporation. She has contributed to Java SE platform documentation for more than twelve years, including The Java™ Tutorial, Fourth Edition, and The JFC Swing Tutorial, Second Edition. She has worked as a programmer, developer support engineer, and technical writer for thirty years.