About the Author

David Gassner is president of Bardo Technical Services, an Adobe training partner in Seattle, Washington, and serves as Content Manager for Developer Titles for lynda.com. As an author forlynda.com, he has recorded video training titles on Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, and ASP.NET. He holds Adobe developer and instructor certifications in Flex, ColdFusion, Flash, and Dreamweaver, is an Adobe Master Instructor, and has been a regular speaker at Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe conferences.

David earned a BA from Pitzer College in Claremont, California (his home town), and an MFA from the Professional Theatre Training Program at U.C. San Diego. In his copious free time (and putting his MFA to good use), he is an active director and actor in Seattle's live theater scene. He shares his home with his wonderful wife, Jackie (Go Mets!), and he receives occasional visits from his thoroughly adult kids, Thad, Jason, and Jenny.

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