Acknowledgments
It may seem obvious that writing a book is no small endeavor, but it would probably also surprise a lot of people to know just how much work goes into the process. Although there are only two names listed on the cover of this book, a host of dedicated, talented professionals, working behind the scenes, made this book possible.
We would like to thank the entire staff at Manning for making GWT in Practice a reality: publisher Marjan Bace, acquisitions editor Mike Stephens, development editor Cynthia Kane, copy editor Andy Carroll, as well as Mary Piergies, Karen Tegtmayer, Dottie Marisco, Elizabeth Martin, Denis Dalinnik, Ron Tomich, and Megan Yockey.
Many reviewers also provided essential feedback. The book was honed over a series of reviews thanks to their invaluable suggestions. We would like to thank the following individuals for their time and effort in the review process: Martyn Fletcher, Todd Hoff, Devon Hillard, Jason Kolter, Adam Tacy, Robert Hanson, Andrew C. Oliver, Sandy McArthur, Carl Hume, Edmon Begoli, Eric Raymond, Andrew Grothe, Mark Bauer, Carlo Bottiglieri, Julian Seidenberg, Deepak Vohra, Bill Fly, Peter Pavlovich, Marcin Leszczyński and Massimo Perga. Special thanks to Valentin Crettaz, who did one last technical review of the final manuscript shortly before it went to press.
I want to begin by dedicating this to Fraser and Leslie Wylie in congratulations on their recent nuptials. I love you both.