Acknowledgments

Although writing is a solitary activity, it takes a large number of people to turn rough drafts into a finished book.

First, I want to thank Erin Twohey and Michael Stevens from Manning for their persistent encouragement to write another book. I would also like to thank my development editors, Cynthia Kane and Marina Michaels. Cynthia Kane got me started and worked with me on the first few chapters. Marina Michaels took over from Cynthia and worked with me to the end. I’ll be forever grateful for Marina’s meticulous and constructive critiques of my chapters. And I want to thank the rest of the Manning team who’s been involved in getting this book published.

I’d like to thank my technical development editor, Christian Mennerich, my technical proofreader, Andy Miles, and all my external reviewers: Andy Kirsch, Antonio Pessolano, Areg Melik-Adamyan, Cage Slagel, Carlos Curotto, Dror Helper, Eros Pedrini, Hugo Cruz, Irina Romanenko, Jesse Rosalia, Joe Justesen, John Guthrie, Keerthi Shetty, Michele Mauro, Paul Grebenc, Pethuru Raj, Potito Coluccelli, Shobha Iyer, Simeon Leyzerzon, Srihari Sridharan, Tim Moore, Tony Sweets, Trent Whiteley, Wes Shaddix, William E. Wheeler, and Zoltan Hamori.

I also want to thank everyone who purchased the MEAP and provided feedback in the forum or to me directly.