Acknowledgments
We have many people to thank, without whose help and support this book would not have been possible.
Thanks to the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) readers who posted comments and corrections in the Author Online forum.
Thanks to the technical reviewers who provided invaluable feedback on the manuscript at various stages of its development: Alex Garrett, Brian Falk, Chris Joakim, Christoph Walcher, Daniel Bretoi, Dominic Pettifer, Dylan Scott, Fernando Monteiro Kobayashi, Gavin Whyte, Gregor Zurowski, Haytham Samad, JT Marshall, Kevin Baister, Luis Gutierrez, Michael Piscatello, Philippe Charrière, Rock Lee, Shiju Varghese, and Todd Williams.
Thanks to the entire Manning team for helping us every step of the way, especially our development editor Cynthia Kane, our copyeditor Benjamin Berg, our proofreader Katie Tennant, and everyone else who worked behind the scenes.
Special thanks to Ben Noordhuis for writing the foreword to our book, and to Valentin Crettaz and Michael Levin for their careful technical proofread of the book shortly before it went into production.