acknowledgments

Writing a book is a very time-consuming task, and it’s rarely the effort of a single person. Despite being the author of this book, I’m not the only one who contributed to it. Other great professionals helped me along the way, and they deserve to be mentioned here.

I’m very grateful to Manning’s team of extraordinary professionals who have helped me in the process of writing this book. First, I’m thankful to Eric Pillar and Brian Sawyer for getting in touch with me and giving me the opportunity to write this book. They liked the idea from the beginning and decided to give it a go. Brian was especially helpful in the early stages of giving shape to the idea, turning what could have been an arid technical book into one that’s more approachable and fun to read. If it weren’t for him, this book would be more of a technical dissertation on the inner workings of frontend frameworks and less of a practical guide to building one.

I want to thank Toni Arritola, my development editor, for her patience and support. If this book does a good job of teaching you the concepts efficiently, it’s all thanks to her. I learned a lot from her experience in teaching effectively, something for which I’m very grateful. Thanks for showing me your tricks, Toni! I also want to thank Ian Hough, who was the development editor in the last stages of the book, for the fantastic job he did.