Books like this cannot be brought to life by the author alone. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the people who were involved in this book in any way.

First of all, I want to thank Microsoft Research for bringing Generics into the .NET Framework. Great work guys. I have used STL in C++ and Collections in Java. But I can say without being biased that Generics in .NET is the smartest implementation of generic programming paradigm that I have ever come across. Without that, I wouldn't have anything to write about.

I owe a big "Thank You" to the Senior Acquisition Editor and Publisher David Barnes at Packt Publishing for offering me this opportunity to write for them. I want to thank Vishal Bodwani and Meeta Rajani, also from Packt Publishing, for their great support. Everytime I missed a deadline, they helped me get back on track. Thanks for bearing with me. Last but not the least, I want to thank my Technical Editors Snehal and Veronica who painstakingly corrected all the mistakes, did all the formatting, without which the book would not have been possible. Thanks a lot.

I have no words to express my gratitude towards Don and Andrew for taking time off to read the manuscript and their kind words. Thank you Don. Thank you Andrew.

I want to thank all the reviewers of the book. Thanks for all your great feedback. It really made the book better.

My wife, Mou, motivated me to write this book. She stood by me when I needed her throughout all these months. Thank you sweetheart. Last but not the least, I can't thank my mom Dipali and dad Subrata enough for finding the love of my life and always being supportive. Thank you mom. Thank you dad.