acknowledgments

Thanks to the editorial staff at Manning, as well as to the behind-the-scenes production staff who helped shepherd this book into its final format. In addition, thanks to Timothy Andrew Roberts, the technical editor for this book.

Also, thanks to all the reviewers: Al Pezewski, Amitabh Premraj Cheekoth, Anindita Nath, Anto Aravinth, Brendan O’Hara, Clemens Baader, Darrin Bishop, Dotan Cohen, Eli Mayost, George E. Carter, Giri Swaminathan, Harcharan Kabbay, Ikechukwu Okonkwo, Jaume Valls Altadil, Jeremy Chen, John Guthrie, John V. McCarthy, John Williams, Krzysztof Jdrzejewski, Lex Drennan, Marcio Francisco Nogueira, Marjorie Roswell, Marvin Schwarze, Paul Silisteanu, Rahul Jain, Robert Rozploch, Sumit Bhattacharyya, Swapna Yeleswarapu, Thiago Britto Borges, Todd Cook, Tony Holdroyd, Vatsal Desai, Vinoth Nageshwaran, and Walter Alexander Mata López. Your suggestions helped make this a better book.