Acknowledgments

Writing this book on such a tight schedule was really hard work. Luckily I had a lot of people who supported me and helped through this process. I would like to thank Michelle Lowman for making the contact and for giving me the opportunity to write this book. Thanks to Friedger Müffke, who agreed to be my tech reviewer and who provided valuable technical hints and improvements. I'd also like to thank Tracy Brown, Kate Blackham, Elizabeth Berry, and the whole Apress crew. Thanks to Google and especially the Android Developer Team for creating a great mobile platform. Thanks also to the Android Developer Relations Team, especially to Sparky Rhode, Richard Hyndman, and Nick Butcher for supporting the Android developer community here in Europe. Thanks to Massimo Banzi and the whole Arduino Team for creating such a great electronics platform. I'd also like to thank the whole Fritzing Team for providing such a powerful tool and helping the maker community share their projects more easily. Without such a vibrant maker, hacker, and developer community, books like this would not be possible. So additional thanks to the c-base spacestation hackerspace in Berlin, the GTUG Berlin, Adafruit Industries, Sparkfun Electronics, the Arduino community, and the Android community. I would like to thank my employer, Immobilienscout24, for giving me the opportunity to write this book and for supporting me when deadlines needed to be held. I'm glad to work with such talented, motivating, and fun colleagues.

Last, but most important, I would like to thank my friends and family for lifting up my spirits and for giving me the necessary motivation to do all this. Anja, thanks for all your love and support.