Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Apress for all their help in making this book possible. Specifically, we would like to thank Mark Powers, our coordinating editor, and Michelle Lowman, our acquisitions editor, for helping us stay focused and overcoming many obstacles. Without Mark and Michelle, this book would not have been possible.

Special thanks to Jim Markham, our development editor, for all his suggestions during the editorial review process to help make this a great book. Thanks to Mary Bearden, the copy editor, who made the book look great.

We would like to thank the CodeRed-I creative design team for their visual design direction to complete the fresh, stylized front and back cover. Special thanks to Giang Le for his contemporary and retro graphic design elements.