Acknowledgments

We'd like to offer sincere, heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped us produce this book:

• To Andy Olsen, who served as our primary technical reviewer. He's like an all-knowing kung fu master, except he knows everything about .NET instead of kung fu. Thanks also to Damien Foggon who gave the book an extra set of expert eyes during the reviews of the chapters in Part 3 of the book.

• To Dominic Shakeshaft, our editor, for his dedication to ensuring the clarity of our book's message.

• To Gary Cornell, Apress publisher, for suggesting a Java-to-C# "port" of Beginning Java Objects.

• To all the folks at Apress—especially Beth Christmas, Joohn Choe, Nancy Sixsmith, Laura Cheu, and Elizabeth Berry—for their superb editorial/production/marketing support.

• To our spouses, children, and assorted other family members and friends, for once again being patient as we became temporarily consumed with the "writing biz."

Grant Palmer and Jacquie Barker