Acknowledgments

One thing that surprised me most about writing a book is how much work it is. Second is how many people are involved in making it happen. First and foremost, I need to thank my wife, Logan, who tolerated my working on this book during nights and weekends that I should have been spending with my family. Her tolerance and support have been crucial in producing this book.

Thank you to Helen Stergius, who put up with deadlines whizzing by as I balanced my family, my day job, and this book—often poorly. Helen kept a positive attitude regardless of how stressed out I was at any given moment. Thank you to Nickie Buckner who ran through the code as I was writing the book, provided encouragement, and fixed my typos along the way. Thanks to Doug Warren who did a final technical pass as the book was nearing completion. Thanks to Brian Sawyer for reaching out and inviting me to write this book in the first place, as well as Marjan Bace who green-lit the project.

Thank you to Marc Grabanski of Frontend Masters for letting me workshop this content in front of a global audience and providing insightful feedback. Thanks to Jeff Casimir for giving me a platform to teach an endless stream of budding software engineers. Thank you to Meeka Gayhart, Louisa Barrett, Jhun de Andreas, Brenna Martenson, and Brittany Storoz for tolerating me as I dropped the ball on various things they were relying on me for, as well as putting up with me in general.