Acknowledgments
Writing books is harder than writing software. Having been through both, we, the three authors of this book, can easily agree on that. And when you notice the number of people who were involved in our book, we’re sure you’ll agree as well.
The talented and committed people at Manning Publications deserve a lot of the credit. Special thanks to publisher Marjan Bace, production director Mary Piergies, and our development editor, Jackie Carter. Without Jackie, the book would have never been started—or completed. She made the call, she cracked the whip, and she put up with the three of us without prescribing any drugs to deal with our severe attention deficit disorder. Thanks, Jackie, for going above and beyond to make this book happen at both ends.
Next, we would like to thank our reviewers, who had the tough job of reading our book and commenting on more than just technical errors—something software developers are good at. They also had to tell us what was good and what was bad about the book. They helped us to change the feel of the book, front to back; their input was essential. A big thanks to Sven Boden, Nathan Maves, Rick Reumann, Jeff Cunningham, Suresh Kumar, Scott Sauyet, Dick Zetterberg, Anjan Bacchu, Benjamin Gorlick, Oliver Zeigermann, Doug Warren, Matt Raible, Yoav Shapira, Cos DiFazio, Nick Heudecker, Ryan Breidenbach, and Patrick Peak. Special thanks to Sven Boden who proofread the manuscript for technical accuracy before it went to press.