Acknowledgments

This has been an amazing process, full of amazing people. A large portion of this book would not have been possible without the support of my employer, Mikel Lind-saar, and company, RubyX, allowing me to take time off to write the book. The support of the community at large has also been enormous in helping me complete this book. Winning the Ruby Hero award at RailsConf, partially due to my work on this very book, was the highlight of my career so far. After I won the award, Mikel also provided me with a new laptop at no expense to replace my previous one that was three years old. Bloody champion!

Of course, a lot of this wouldn’t have been as easy if it wasn’t for the Rails Core Team’s valiant efforts on their maintenance of the framework over the years and their constant focus on improving people’s lives on an almost daily basis. Also there are Yehuda Katz, Carl Lerche, and André Arko to thank for their work on an important part of developing not only Rails applications, but also Ruby libraries such as Bundler and Thor. These people are my idols, and I love them dearly.