Acknowledgments
Putting together a book like this is an exciting, challenging, and hopeful mix of possibility, probability, and practicality. In that respect, it’s not unlike software development—we start with a vision, put research and planning and effort and talent behind it, and continue to check, revise, and enhance as long as we’ve got the time to make changes.
This project has been fascinating, fast, and fruitful—thanks to the talent and effort of the following great people:
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| Valerie Woolley, our fun and fearless project leader at Microsoft Press, keeper of schedules and deadlines, and great opener of doors; |
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| Steve Sagman, of Studioserv, who regularly does the impossible by pulling together pieces of manuscript in varying stages of readiness and turns them into the great-looking, technically accurate, and on-time book you now hold in your hands (or see on your screen); |
Thanks also to Nancy Sixsmith at Studioserv for her careful, conscientious, and friendly edit.
And special thanks to my agent, Claudette Moore, for all the amazing things she does on my behalf, and to Juliana Aldous, my acquisitions editor at Microsoft Press, for giving me the opportunity to write in detail about this awesome new release.
Thanks also to the group of talented and busy application program managers at Microsoft who took the time to answer questions (sometimes many questions) and share their experiences in our Q&A interviews. Specifically, thanks go to
Jared Anderson
Leslie Cole
Mor Hezi
Gary Knowlton
Eric Rockey
Jessica Arnold
Daniel Escapa
Ryan Hoppe
Alex Robinson
Mary Sobcyzk