Acknowledgments

Huge thanks to all the team at Apress who have guided me through this, my first book. Thanks to Ewan Buckingham for getting the whole thing going and working with me to produce the initial table of contents. Thanks also to Adam Heath for guiding the project to its successful conclusion and answering my countless emails and questions on the whole publishing process—most of which is still largely a mystery to me! And massive thanks to the Technical Reviewer, Andy Olsen, who did an outstanding job, meticulously checking all the code and technical details. The excellent feedback he provided has greatly enhanced the final copy.

Most importantly, I would like to thank my beautiful wife Wendy and our four great kids Tomos, Wiliam, Amy, and Isabel. Without their love and support this book would never have seen the light of day. I’ll take next weekend off, I promise!

–Steve