acknowledgments

To my mother, whose love of reading kept my nose in books for years and who edited some early drafts, thank you.

I thank my parents and grandparents for always encouraging me to pursue a technical education and making that possible.

Thank you, the trans community, everywhere that you are. There is no world without us.

To my Uncle Conrad, thank you for helping me develop my curiosity in the way things work.

To everyone at Manning, thank you. This book would not exist without the dedication of many editors, technical editors, graphics editors, marketers, proofreaders, and more. I thank Andy Waldron for the chance to write my first book.

A special thank you goes to the editors of this book, Elesha Hyde and Susan Ethridge. Your guidance led this book out of the vagaries of my thought into the real world.

To OneSignal, thank you for giving me the time and freedom to write this book.

I thank the teachers and professors who nurtured an appreciation for the written word within me—Kristen Schumacher, Paul Hebert, and the late Jean Lutz.

Thank you, Norm Krumpe, for feeding my technical curiosity, and Dr. Paris Franz for encouraging me to do something as big as writing a book.

Thank you, Jan Pascual, for being the guinea pig behind the technical communication skills that underpin this writing, and for your encouragement throughout the process.