acknowledgments

Special thanks go to the people who encouraged the writing of this book by providing me with constructive feedback, including colleagues and other interested readers: Cédric Bastoul, Lucas Nussbaum, Vincent Loechner, Kliment Yanev, Szabolcs Nagy, Marcin Kowalczuk, Ali Asad Lotia, Richard Palme, Yann Barsamian, Fernando Oleo, Róbert Kohányi, Jean-Michel Gorius, and Martin Uecker.

Thanks also go to Manning’s staff: Jennifer Stout, Nitin Gode and Tiffany Taylor, Frances Buontempo, Doug Rudder, and the rest of the production team for their hard work in getting this book to print.

Finally, thanks go to the impressive number of reviewers provided by Manning for both editions that they managed: Al Pezewski, Christian Sutton, Eli Hini, Federico Kircheis, Keith Kim, Kevin Cheung, Marcus Geselle, Patrick Wanjau Munyiri, Paul Silisteanu, Riccardo Marotti, Rich Yonts, Richard Meinsen, Srinivas Vamsi Parasa, Stephen Kitt, and Tony Holdroyd.

Many others have contributed to the success of this book; my sincerest thanks go to all of you.