Acknowledgments
We would like to express our thanks and gratitude to the many people who contributed to make this project a reality and to turn our ideas into the book that you are now reading.
To the reviewers who gave us feedback on the manuscript in its various stages of development and helped make it a much better book. They include Philip Hallstrom, Christopher Haupt, Derek Lakin, Jon Tirsen, Deepak Vohra, Jeff Cunningham, Christopher Bailey, Scott Shaw, Mark Eagle, and Benjamin Gorlick. Special thanks to Deepak Vohra who did a thorough technical proofread of the book just before it went to press.
To the readers of Manning’s Early Access Program who helped ferret out many last-minute errors and inconsistencies in our draft chapters.
To everyone at Manning Publications, especially publisher Marjan Bace and our editors Mike Stephens and Cynthia Kane, as well as the production team of Andy Carroll, Dottie Marisco, Gordan Salinovic, Elizabeth Martin, and Mary Piergies.
To Thomas Fuchs for agreeing to write the foreword and to Tom Locke for contributing the chapter on Rails. Our sincere thanks for lending your names and efforts to our endeavor.