acknowledgments

I would like to thank Manning Publications for giving me the opportunity to write this book. The editors I worked with, including Robin de Jongh and especially Dan Maharry, helped me throughout this undertaking, and the book is much stronger for their feedback. Candace West took over as primary editor for the second edition. My sincere thanks also to the many others who worked with me during the development and production of the book.

My writing benefited from the scrutiny of reviewers every step of the way. Thanks to Alex Lucas, Craig Hoffman, Dan Kacenjar, Joshua Frederick, Luca Campobasso, Mark Elston, Philip Taffet, René van den Berg, Sergio Arbeo Rodríguez, Shiloh Morris, Victor M. Perez, Christopher Haupt, Claudio Caseiro, David Torribia Iñigo, Dean Tsaltas, Eric Williams, Nickie Buckner, Robin Dewson, Sergey Evsikov, and Tanya Wilke. Special thanks to the notable review work by technical development editor Scott Chaussee and by technical proofreader Christopher Haupt, with René van den Berg and Shiloh Morris stepping into those roles for the 2^nd edition. And I also want to thank Jesse Schell for writing the foreword to my book.