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Head First (book series) 137<br />

Head First Labs<br />

O'Reilly established Head First Labs, where books of the series are presented and the main idea behind the series is<br />

explained. The Labs also hosts blogs by some of their authors and hosts some applets that complement their books.<br />

Awards<br />

The books in the series have received three nominations for Product Excellence Jolt Awards, winning in 2005 for<br />

Head First Design Patterns, and were recognized on Amazon.com's yearly top 10 list for computer books from 2003<br />

to 2005.<br />

External links<br />

• Head First Labs [4]<br />

• Blog [5] and blog archive [6] of Head First Labs<br />

References<br />

[1] http:/ / www. headfirstlabs. com/<br />

[2] "How Head First Helps You Learn" (http:/ / www. headfirstlabs. com/ about. php). . Retrieved 2008-06-08.<br />

[3] "The Head First Formula" (http:/ / www. headfirstlabs. com/ readme. php). . Retrieved 2008-06-08.<br />

[4] http:/ / www. headfirstlabs. com/ books/<br />

[5] http:/ / feeds. feedburner. com/ headfirst-oreillymedia<br />

[6] http:/ / www. headfirstlabs. com/ archive. php<br />

Jim Hugunin<br />

Jim Hugunin is a software programmer who created the Python programming language extension Numeric<br />

(ancestor to NumPy), and later created Python implementations for the Java Platform (Jython) and for Microsoft<br />

.NET platform (IronPython); he has also co-designed the AspectJ extension for the Java programming language.<br />

Since 2004 he has been working for Microsoft, mainly on IronPython and Dynamic Language Runtime [1] .<br />

References<br />

[1] Jim Hugunin blog (http:/ / blogs. msdn. com/ hugunin/ ) at MSDN

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