This book is a major update to the previous edition. This book, and CSLA .NET 3.6, exist thanks to a lot of work from many people.

I need to acknowledge the support, patience, and love from my wife and sons over the past many years. Without you, this would have been impossible.

I'd also like to thank Greg Frankenfield and Paul Fridman for making Magenic such an awesome place to work. The support that you and the rest of Magenic have provided has been great, and I appreciate it very much. It is an honor to work with everyone there.

CSLA .NET 3.6 is the result of a lot of work by several Magenic colleagues, including Sergey Barskiy, Justin Chase (now at Microsoft), Aaron Erickson, and Nermin Dibek. Jon Stonecash, Mark Steinberg, Grant Breems, and Chris Williams contributed as well. Sandy Fougerousse created the CSLA .NET for Silverlight logo.

A number of people outside Magenic also contributed to CSLA .NET 3.6, including Ricky Supit, Mark Chesney, and Miguel Castro. The CSLA .NET for Windows logo was contributed by Chris Russi.

The Apress editorial team went above and beyond to help shape this book into what you see here and to help get it done as rapidly as possible. I owe them all a debt of gratitude for their fine work.

Finally, I'd like to thank the scores of people who've sent me emails, posted on the forum and my blog with messages of support and encouragement, or just plain asked when the book would be done. The great community that has grown around these books and the CSLA .NET framework is wonderful, and I thank you all. I hope you find this book to be as rewarding to read as it has been for me to write.

Code well and have fun!