Acknowledgments

We’d like to thank everyone at Manning Publications who helped us take our raw ideas and transform them into a book: Michael Stephens, who brought us on board; Elizabeth Lexleigh, our development editor, who patiently read version after version of each chapter; Nick Chase, who made all the technology work like it’s supposed to; the marketing and production teams, and everyone who worked behind the scenes—we acknowledge your efforts, guidance, and words of encouragement.

To the many people who reviewed case studies and provided us with examples of real-world NoSQL usage—we appreciate your time and expertise: George Bina, Ben Brumfield, Dipti Borkar, Kurt Cagle, Richard Carlsson, Amy Friedman, Randolph Kahle, Shannon Kempe, Amir Halfon, John Hudzina, Martin Logan, Michaline Todd, Eric Merritt, Pete Palmer, Amar Shan, Christine Schwartz, Tony Shaw, Joe Wicentowski, Melinda Wilken, and Frank Weige.

To the reviewers who contributed valuable insights and feedback during the development of our manuscript—our book is better for your input: Aldrich Wright, Brandon Wilhite, Craig Smith, Gabriela Jack, Ian Stirk, Ignacio Lopez Vellon, Jason Kolter, Jeff Lehn, John Guthrie, Kamesh Sampah, Michael Piscatello, Mikkel Eide Eriksen, Philipp K. Janert, Ray Lugo, Jr., Rodrigo Abreu, and Roland Civet.