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

Hacking with Spring Boot 2.3: Reactive Edition

Turnquist, Greg L.

MongoDB in Action: Covers MongoDB version 3.0

Kyle Banker

Summary MongoDB in Action, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated version. It introduces MongoDB 3.0 and the document-oriented database model. This perfectly paced book gives you both the big picture you'll need as a developer and enough low-level ... read more
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 programming language. iOS Development with Swift is a hands-on guide to cr... read more
Designing in Figma: The complete guide to designing with reusable components and styles in Figma.

Fedorenko, Eugene

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. As they move through the book, readers put their skills to practice b... read more
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 your applications. This new edition has been fully revised to cover ... read more
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 to programming iOS apps with the Swift language, written from a kid's... read more
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 skill set to build applications that run natively on all major plat... read more
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 Framework itself, it focuses on developer productivity, making it easier... read more
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 Architecture (SCA) and provides seamless integration with other tec... read more
Spring in Action

Craig Walls

Written for enterprise Java developers who have become disillusioned with the complexity and bulk involved with EJB development, this programming tool demonstrates how the Spring framework can make coupled code easy to manage, understand, reuse, and unit-test.... read more
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 Action, Second Edition is a fully updated, major revision of Ramnivas Lad... read more
Flex 4 in Action: Revised Edition of Flex 3 in Action

Dan Orlando

Flex 4 in Action is an easy-to-follow, hands-on Flex 4 tutorial. Revised and updated from the previous edition on Flex 3, this book is chock-full of examples, goes beyond feature coverage, and helps readers put Flex to work in real day-to-day tasks. This book ... read more
Spring in Action

Craig Walls

Spring in Action 2E is an expanded, completely updated second edition of the best selling Spring in Action. Written by Craig Walls, one of Manning's best writers, this book covers the exciting new features of Spring 2.0, which was released in October 2006. Spr... read more
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 requirements analysis to define features that focus your development efforts... read more
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 examples, engaging illustrations, and crisp, straightforward explanation... read more
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. Then, you'll explore programming challenges that illustrate CoffeeScri... read more
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 core skills as you apply TDD techniques to developing a full-scale Tw... read more
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 by mapping application-level issues to Spring-centric solutions. It d... read more
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 Rails 4 by developing a ticket-tracking application that includes RESTf... read more
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 learn about best practices regarding automation, security, high availab... read more
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-clear explanations, you'll learn to build apps from the Cordova CLI, h... read more
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 shows you how it works, how to implement the code, and how to (unit) t... read more
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: isomorphic apps, which let you take advantage of the best of both worlds.... read more

Doug has 18 reviews

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Roberto V.

Roberto V.

Jan, 2021

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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

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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 manuscript to Google Docs or Word just for editing, but instead, Doug joined my GitHub repository, and we k...
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Greg T.

Greg T.

Mar, 2020

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The editor's skill combined with his technical knowledge proved incredibly valuable. This effort would not have been possible without him.
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 grossly improved. I
Maria U.

Maria U.

Aug, 2021

I like working with Doug as he is a friendly and kind person. He delivered the work on time. It was a pleasure working with him.

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