Acknowledgments

Writing a book is an enormous task. It can easily take over your whole life and suck up every waking minute of your time. It really ought to come with a health warning! Putting this book together wouldn't have been possible without the help of many people, to whom we are very grateful.

First, we'd like to thank everyone who has helped or supported us throughout this process. It's impossible to name everyone, because we've been in touch with so many people. If we've left you out, it's not because we're not grateful!

At Apress, we'd like to say a special thanks to Tom Welsh, our development editor. Tom has been the first port of call for any issues that we've had and has done a fantastic job in looking after us. We're also grateful to our coordinating editors Annie Beck and Tracy Brown for all the assistance that they've given us. Last but not least, our acquisitions editor Jonathan Hassell deserves a special mention because this book would not have been possible without him.

In writing this book, we've had the privilege of working with some of the greatest minds at Microsoft. In particular, our technical reviewer John Rivard has been a real inspiration and has given us valuable insight into the product. We also want to thank Beth Massi and Doug Rosen for all the help and assistance that they've given us. We'd like to acknowledge everyone in the LightSwitch team, particularly those who have contributed articles to the LightSwitch community. These include (but are not limited to) Sheel Shah, Andy Kung, and Eric Erhardt.

Finally, we'd like to thank friends and family for all their patience and for putting up with us during the project.