Acknowledgments

Until now I never thought about all the research and background work that goes into writing a technical book. This book would definitely not have been possible without the help of many people.

Most importantly, I want to thank my partner Emily for her encouragement and for sticking with me through all the early mornings and weekends it took to finish this book. Every time my alarm went off, you never complained, not even once. Thank you for all your support!

Sincere thanks to Jennifer Stout at Manning Publications for being the best development editor...ever. Your cheerful attitude and brilliant work were instrumental in the evolution of this book. Thank you for always listening to my ideas and being so efficient. Thanks to Michael Stephens for believing in me and in the idea I had for this book. You guided me through each step of the process and this book wouldn’t have been possible without your advice! Thanks to Candace Gillhoolley for your help with the marketing of this book and to Rebecca Rinehart for working with me on my idea for the book cover. Many thanks also to everyone on the Manning production team for guiding me through the process and bringing the book to press.

Special thanks to Sam Saffron for helping me review the MiniProfiler content. Sam was one of the creators of MiniProfiler and helped me, even though he and his wife had a new baby on the way, and he was in the process of launching a new website!

I am also grateful to all the reviewers who helped shape and improve the manuscript during its development: Bryn Keller, Danylo Kizyma, Ivo Štimac, James Berkenbile, Jason Hales, Jeff Smith, Mark Sponsler, Michael Roberts, Onofrio Panzarino, and Wyatt Barnett.

Special thanks to Robin Osborne and Tim Clarke for their reviewing help, and to Adam West for his technical proofread of the final manuscript.

I would like to thank my family for their encouragement throughout the writing process. You have been fantastic!

Finally, thank you for purchasing this book. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I hope you will learn valuable techniques you can use and apply to all your websites.

Let’s make the web faster!