Acknowledgments

Our technical proofreader, Michiel Trimpe, made countless valuable suggestions. Thanks, too, to Robert Ormandi for reviewing chapter 7. We would also like to thank the reviewers of Spark in Action, including Andy Kirsch, Davide Fiorentino, lo Regio, Dimitris Kouzis-Loukas, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Ian Stirk, Jason Kolter, Jeremy Gailor, John Guthrie, Jonathan Miller, Jonathan Sharley, Junilu Lacar, Mukesh Kumar, Peter J. Krey Jr., Pranay Srivastava, Robert Ormandi, Rodrigo Abreu, Shobha Iyer, and Sumit Pal.

We want to thank the people at Manning who made this book possible: publisher Marjan Bace and the Manning reviewers and the editorial team, especially Marina Michaels, for guidance on writing a higher-quality book. We would also like to thank the production team for their work in ushering the project through to completion.

Petar Zečević

I’d like to thank my wife for her continuous support and patience in all my endeavors. I owe thanks to my parents, for raising me with love and giving me the best learning environment possible. And finally, I’d like to thank my company, SV Group, for providing the resources and time necessary for me to write this book.

Marko Bonači

I’d like to thank my co-author, Petar. Without his perseverance, this book would not have been written.