No book is the product of just the author, he just happens to be the one with his name on the cover.

A number of people contributed to the success of this book, and it would take more space than I have to thank each one individually.

I am greatly indebted to Rashmi Phadnis, Acquisition Editor at Packt Publishing, for accepting my proposal and also for her support and guidance from the beginning. I am thankful to Reshma Sundaresan, Development Editor at Packt Publishing, for the valuable advice at every stage through e-mails that encouraged me a lot. I am also thankful to Leena Purkait, Project Coordinator at Packt Publishing, for all the support and help in keeping me on schedule and also managing the schedule so professionally. I'm grateful to Nikos Anastopoulos and Anand Narayanswamy thank you for reviewing the book and providing valuable and insightful feedback. Also, thanks to Dorota Feifer for the lovely cover image.

Special mention goes to David Barnes, Acquisition Editor at Packt Publishing, with whom I had the initial interaction. Thank you David for inspiring me during our interaction and with your blog posts (http://davidbarneswork.posterous.com). Also, a big thank you to the entire Packt Publishing team, for working so diligently to help bring out a high quality product.

I must also thank the talented team of developers who have contributed to the Enterprise Library project. This product truly helps in taking the complexity out of enterprise application development and allows developers to focus on the crux of the requirements.