Acknowledgments
We’d like to thank Manning for taking a chance on us and letting us create a book that didn’t follow the typical .NET technical paths. Specifically, we thank Cynthia Kane, Michael Stephens, and Maureen Spencer for being patient with us during our long wanderings through the material. It took far longer for us to finish than we originally thought, and we appreciate them for sticking with us—thank you very much! We also thank our production team of Corbin Collins, Dennis Dalinnik, Elizabeth Martin, Mary Piergies, and Janet Vail.
Special thanks to the following reviewers who spent the time perusing the text and the code for mistakes, odd phrasings, and other quirks: Andrew Kirsch, Arun Noronha, Bill Wagner, Bryce Darling, Danish Gite, Eddy Vluggen, Harry Cummings, Jon Von Gillern, Matt Warren, Mick Wilson, Rama Krishna Vavilala, Rob Grainger, Rupert Wood, Sander Rossel, Scobie Smith, Timo Bredenoort, Timothy Cluff, and William Lee.
Finally, we’re grateful to Rockford Lhotka for contributing the foreword to our book and to Justin Chase for his careful tech proofread of the manuscript during production.
KEVIN HAZZARD
I would like to thank
- My wife Donna and our five lovely children, for giving up husband and dad for the year that it took to produce this book. Donna, you will always be my lobster.
- Jason, for teaching me a lot about authorship and many things about metaprogramming that I didn’t know when I began this work. Jason has patience beyond all reckoning which I bent nearly to the breaking point more often than I should have. You’re a real gem, Jason.
JASON BOCK
I would like to thank
- Magenic, especially Greg Frankenfield and Paul Fridman, for creating and growing a great place to work. I’ve been with Magenic for 11 years for many reasons, one being that I find tremendous satisfaction in solving problems for our clients. Some challenges are technical, others require “innovative thinking” to come up with ways to move forward. And all of them educate me. With that experience, I feel like I’ve grown far more than I ever have anywhere else. I’m thankful that I’ve found a place where I feel like I fit in.
- Kevin, for giving up his time to coauthor this book. Your knowledge and insight have added so much to the material in this book, and I feel that your writing style forced me to stop being so technical and focus on the story at hand. Thanks for everything you’ve done in this book. Well done!
- My wife Liz and my two sons Hayden and Ryan. I thought I’d never write another book, but when this opportunity presented itself, I had to do it, even though I knew it would cut into family time. I truly appreciate my amazing family and feel so fortunate that they’ve been supportive of me when “Dad’s writing his book on his laptop...again!” To each of them: I love you very much.