Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of technical proofreader William Wheeler and technical development editor Mark Elston, along with the staff at Manning, who did an outstanding job pushing this project to completion. We’d also like to thank the many reviewers who gave their time and expertise to make this book better: Adrian Bilauca, Amr Gawish, Arun Noronha, Christian Bach, Hugo Sereno Ferreira, Jean-François Morin, John Schwitz, Jürgen De Commer, Shabesh Balan, Subhasis Ghosh, Sven Loesekann, Thomas Lockney, and William E. Wheeler.

Brian thanks his wife, Patty, for supporting and encouraging him through the long and arduous process of writing a second book. He also thanks his children for understanding the time that went into this project. Finally, he thanks the many speakers and organizers who make the San Francisco Bay Area a vibrant and educational community for developers and the curious.

Duncan thanks his children for understanding the long process of being an author. In addition, he thanks the many folks at Lightbend—specifically, Jonas, Roland, and Viktor—for being such an important part of his career.