Acknowledgments
Writing this book was a long process. It gave us the opportunity to have informative discussions with a lot of interesting people, as well as to learn and get input from some very smart individuals. We received help from many different sources—this book would not have been possible without them. Not only that: They also brought out the best in us. The people who contributed to the book in ways both large and small kept pushing us to raise the quality of our work higher and higher. We forgive them now for being so demanding. It was all for a good cause.
First, we’d like to express our gratitude to everyone at Manning. We appreciate the trust they placed in us and their involvement in asking us for our best in this project. A sincere thank-you to our publisher Marjan Bace for his vote of confidence in offering us the opportunity to write this book and to our editor Michael Stephens for being there throughout the process and helping make this project a reality.
Thanks to the editorial team at Manning who worked with us on turning this book into the end product you are now holding in your hands: Cynthia Kane, Mary Piergies, Karen Tegtmeyer, Ron Tomich, Lianna Wlasiuk, Megan Yockey, Benjamin Berg, Gordan Salinovic, Dottie Marsico, Elizabeth Martin, and Tiffany Taylor all guided us and kept us moving in the right direction.