Acknowledgments

Both authors would like to thank Manning Publications, as well as Alain M. Couniot for his suggestions on the technical content, and Cody Sand for giving the chapters a full technical proofread. Several reviewers also contributed valuable feedback on the manuscript: Chris Coppenbarger, David Barkol, David DiMaria, Fredrik Engberg, Irach Ilish Ramos Hernandez, Jeremy Bryan, Kamal Raj, Lori Wilkins, Mauro Quercioli, Sébastien Nichèle, Polina Keselman, Subir Rastogi, Sven Lösekann, and Wisam Zaghal.

Yakov would like to thank his best friend Sammy for creating a warm and cozy environment while Yakov was working on this book. Unfortunately, Sammy can’t talk, but he loves Yakov unconditionally. Sammy’s breed is mini golden retriever.

Anton would like to thank Yakov Fain and Manning Publications for giving him the opportunity to coauthor this book and obtain invaluable writing experience. He’s also grateful to his family for being patient while he spent numerous hours working on the book.