Acknowledgments

It turns out that writing a book isn’t as straightforward as I first thought, and without the guidance and effort of the all who were involved at Manning, it’s unlikely you would be reading this book today. Thanks to Michael Stephens for setting me on this path in the first place; it’s been a fun project. Many people behind the scenes at Manning have contributed by proofreading, editing, preparing images, and performing the myriad other tasks that go into producing a book such as this—thank you all.

A special mention must also go to two people at Manning. First, thanks to Bert Bates, whose mentoring in the early days showed me how to turn what could otherwise have been a dry reference manual into something that is more pleasing to read. In the back of my mind when writing each chapter was the mantra, “Tell Bert why he should care about this subject...” Second, thanks to my editor, Susanna Kline, who kept each chapter focused and helped keep me motivated and on schedule for the best part of a year.

Dart has a vibrant developer community centered around the dartlang mailing list and Google+. From that community, John Evans and Kevin Moore deserve thanks for their technical proofreading of the subject matter, along with Adam Singer, Matthew Butler, and Ladislav Thon, whose contributions are always welcome.