Acknowledgments

Writing a book takes a major effort, and even though my name is on the cover, there are a lot of people without whom this wouldn’t have happened. I’d like to thank David Stommer—the first person who said he would buy the book, back when I had the crazy idea to write it. A thank you is also due to Roy Osherove for introducing my SOA patterns idea to Manning.

A huge thanks goes to the Manning team for keeping the faith and pushing me forward. Specifically, I’d like to thank Michael Stephens, who not only contacted me with the offer to start this project but also kept nagging me to finish it. I’d like to thank Cynthia Kane, my development editor, for her patience and help in making the narrative more compelling. Also a huge thank you to Andy Carroll, my copyeditor, for taking my blubber and turning it into succinct English, and to Elizabeth Martin, my proofreader. Another thank you goes to Olivia Booth for organizing the reviews. And while he’s not a Manning member, I’d also like to thank Eric Bruno who unfortunately couldn’t join me as a coauthor but who did a lot of housekeeping and helped organize the book.