This book took way longer than we anticipated, and we owe a lot to our editors Candace West and Susanna Kline for helping us at every stage of the process and keeping us on track. There are a lot of details to keep track of when writing a book, and without the professional and supportive editorial staff we would have floundered.
We’d also like to thank our technical editors Marc-Philippe Huget and Al Krinker and all of the reviewers who took the time to read our manuscript and provide us with crucial feedback. In particular, we thank the reviewers: Al Rahimi, Ariel Gamiño, Claudio Bernardo Rodriguez, David Krief, Dr. Brett Pennington, Ezra Joel Schroeder, George L. Gaines, Godfred Asamoah, Helmut Hauschild, Ike Okonkwo, Jonathan Wood, Kalyan Reddy, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, Michael Haller, Nadia Noori, Satyajit Sarangi, and Tobias Kaatz. We would also like to thank everyone at Manning who worked on this project: Karen Miller, the developmental editor; Ivan Martinović, the review editor; Deirdre Hiam, the project editor; Andy Carroll, the copy editor; and Jason Everett, the proofreader.
In this age, many books are self-published using various online services, and we were initially tempted by this option; however, after having been through this whole process, we can see the tremendous value in professional editing staff. In particular, we thank copy editor Andy Carroll for his insightful feedback that dramatically improved the clarity of the text.