David Schissler was born and raised in Northern California. He received a significant portion of his education from Santa Rosa Junior College, Chico State University, and ultimately received a Bachelor of Computer Science from Sonoma State University. David started his career as a programmer working with VB.net before transitioning solely into web development. He is a longtime Linux user and is an avid supporter and user of completely open source development platforms, including, the firmware, operating system, programming languages, and text editors. David is a world traveler who has lived on three different continents for extended periods of time. He is quite comfortable living out of a single bag while developing web software, writing books, and traveling the world.