Doug Warren

Doug Warren – Editor

Extensive experience with constructive editing and detailed proofreading for Manning Publications and interested in broader range of titles.

Overview

I have been a technical proofreader, development editor, and reviewer for software technology books since 2001. My extensive experience includes systems engineer, consultant, software architect, developer, and advisor.

I'm interested in offering my editing and proofreading services. I have great attention to detail with quick response.

Services
Non-Fiction
Computers & Internet Technology
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2001 — Present
Final technical proofreading of Manning software technology books before publishing.

Self-employed

Jan, 2015 — Present
Technical editing of Manning software technology books in development.

Countrywide Financial (now Bank of America)

Aug, 2005 — Jul, 2007 (almost 2 years)
Enterprise architect in Office of Architecture responsible for service-oriented architecture, reuse, standards, and governance.

Countrywide Home Loans (now Bank of America)

Sep, 2001 — Jul, 2005 (almost 4 years)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and software reuse initiatives using Java, .NET, XML, and Web Services technologies.

IBM Global Services

Jan, 1996 — Feb, 2001 (about 5 years)
Technology assessment, technical support strategy, services planning support, software services development, intellectual capital management, and services delivery enablement

IBM Advanced Technical Support

May, 1980 — Dec, 1995 (over 15 years)
Specialized in open standards, emerging technology, software architectures, object-oriented design, application development, enterprise solution integration, and advanced technical support for distributed systems.

IBM

Jan, 1973 — Apr, 1980 (about 7 years)
Technical marketing support with large enterprise clients on software architecture, application design, distributed systems, networking, messaging, database, transaction processing, interactive and batch systems, and operating systems.

US Air Force

Dec, 1968 — Dec, 1972 (about 4 years)
Real-time command and control, and intelligence data systems on IBM Federal Systems and Mitre projects during IBM 4-year military leave.

IBM

May, 1967 — Nov, 1968 (over 1 year)
Technical marketing support for enterprise clients in pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and automotive industries.

Portfolio

MongoDB in Action, Third Edition: Building on the Atlas Data Platform

Borucki, Arek

Manning

Proofreading
Spring in Action, Sixth Edition

Walls, Craig

Manning

Proofreading
Full Stack GraphQL Applications: With React, Node.js, and Neo4j

Lyon, William

Manning

Developmental Editing
Made with Reedsy
Hacking with Spring Boot 2.3: Reactive Edition

Turnquist, Greg L.

Node.js in Action

Alex R. Young

Summary Node.js in Action, Second Edition is a thoroughly revised book based on the best-selling first edition. It starts at square one and guides you through all the features, techniques, and concepts you'll need to build production-quality Node applications.... read more
iOS Development with Swift

Craig Grummit

According to Apple, there are currently 380,000 registered iOS developers and over a billion iOS devices in use worldwide. Swift, the language of iOS development, is the fastest growing progra... read more
Proofreading
Vue.js in Action

Eric Hanchett

Vue.js is a front-end framework that builds on many of the reactive UI ideas introduced in React.js. Vue.js in Action teaches readers to build fast, flowing web UI with the Vue.js framework. A... read more
Developmental Editing
Machine Learning with R, the tidyverse, and mlr

Rhys, Hefin

Manning

Developmental Editing
Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition

Zumel, Nina

Manning Publications

Developmental Editing
Made with Reedsy
Designing in Figma: The complete guide to designing with reusable components and styles in Figma.

Fedorenko, Eugene

Copy Editing
Angular Development with Typescript

Yakov Fain

This practical book covers real-world development concerns like state management, data and views, user interaction with forms, and communicating with servers, as well as testing and deploying ... read more
Developmental Editing
Hello Swift!: iOS app programming for kids and other beginners

Tanmay Bakshi

This book teaches young readers how to program using the Swift language while they develop iOS apps. Readers gain fundamental programming skills along the way. Hello Swift! is a how-to guide t... read more
Proofreading
Electron in Action

Steve Kinney

Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications with web technologies. It combines Google Chrome's content module with Node.js, letting users use their web development... read more
Proofreading
Spring Integration in Action

Mark Fisher

Spring Integration extends the Spring Framework to support the patterns described in Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf's Enterprise Integration Patterns (Addison Wesley, 2003). Like the Spring Fram... read more
Proofreading
Tuscany SCA in Action

Simon Laws

Apache Tuscany is a free, open source project that helps users develop Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions. It provides a lightweight infrastructure that implements Service Component... read more
Proofreading
AspectJ in Action: Enterprise AOP with Spring Applications

Ramnivas Laddad

To allow the creation of truly modular software, OOP has evolved into aspect-oriented programming. AspectJ is a mature AOP implementation for Java, now integrated with Spring. AspectJ in Actio... read more
Proofreading
BDD in Action: Behavior-driven development for the whole software lifecycle

John Ferguson Smart

SummaryBDD in Action teaches you the Behavior-Driven Development model and shows you how to integrate it into your existing development process. First you'll learn how to apply BDD to requirem... read more
Proofreading
Ext JS in Action: Covers Ext JS Version 4.0

Jesus Garcia

SummaryExt JS in Action, Second Edition teaches Ext JS from the ground up. You'll start with a quick overview of the framework and then explore the core components by diving into complete exam... read more
Proofreading
CoffeeScript in Action

Patrick Lee

SummaryCoffeeScript in Action is a tutorial that teaches you how, where, and why to use CoffeeScript. It begins by quickly exposing you to CoffeeScript's new, but instantly-familiar syntax. Th... read more
Proofreading
Grails in Action

Peter Ledbrook

SummaryGrails in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to Grails 2 focused on making you super-productive fast. In this totally revised new edition, you'll master Grails 2.3 c... read more
Proofreading
Spring in Practice: Covers Spring 3

Willie Wheeler

Summary Spring in Practice shows you how to tackle the challenges you face when you build Spring-based applications. The book empowers software developers to solve concrete business problems b... read more
Developmental Editing
Rails 4 in Action: Revised Edition of Rails 3 in Action

Ryan Bigg

SummaryRails 4 in Action is a comprehensive introduction to Rails that guides you hands-on through all you'll need to become a competent and confident Rails developer. In it, you'll master Rai... read more
Proofreading
Amazon Web Services in Action

Andreas Wittig

Summary Amazon Web Services in Action introduces you to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. The book will teach you about the most important services on AWS. You will also lea... read more
Proofreading
Apache Cordova in Action

Raymond K. Camden

Summary Apache Cordova in Action teaches you to create and launch hybrid mobile apps using Cordova or Phonegap. By following carefully selected examples, step-by-step tutorials, and crystal-cl... read more
Developmental Editing
Akka in Action

Raymond Roestenburg

Summary Akka in Action is a comprehensive tutorial on building message-oriented systems using Akka. The book takes a hands-on approach, where each new concept is followed by an example that sh... read more
Proofreading
Isomorphic Development with JavaScript: Creating universal web applications using React

Elyse Kolker Gordon

You used to have two options for web app architecture: backend server-rendered in response to requests, or frontend browser-rendered, single page applications. Now you have a new choice: isomo... read more
Developmental Editing

Doug has 19 reviews

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Roberto V.

Roberto V.

Jan, 2021

Pinned
Doug has done an exceptional job for my book. He reviewed the manuscript in Markdown (many editors only accept word documents) and even reviewed Latex formulas and code snippets. As if that wasn't enough, I renamed my book based on his suggestions.
Eugene F.

Eugene F.

Aug, 2020

Pinned
I'm so lucky that I had a chance to work with Doug on my book. He has tons of technical experience and even knew the topic of my book really well. Besides proofreading and editing, he provided valuable suggestions and advice on the content. I was cringing at the idea of moving my Markdown manuscr...
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Greg T.

Greg T.

Mar, 2020

Pinned
The editor's skill combined with his technical knowledge proved incredibly valuable. This effort would not have been possible without him.
Carlos O.

Carlos O.

Jul, 2026

Very professional.
Charlie H.

Charlie H.

Jun, 2024

Doug reviewed and copy edited a User's Guide for my company. Unfortunately, he left a handful of mistakes ranging from grammar, spacing, and even the appropriate spelling for User's Guide. The fonts he updated were not correct, the spacing in the document was poor and the language itself was not ...
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