Acknowledgments

As always, I give the most thanks to my wife, Lindsay, for her never-ending patience and support. I keep saying that I’m never going to write another book, but somehow I end up getting convinced to write one anyway! And yet, despite all my flaws, we’re still married. Her thoughtfulness and dedication are remarkable and are just two of the many lessons I’ve learned from her. Without her, none of this would be possible.

Although most of the process of writing a book is very solitary, this book came together because of the work of many talented and hardworking people. I’d like to take a moment to thank some of them by name. Dave Relyea from the Silverlight team did a fantastic job as the technical editor for this book. Many other Microsoft co-workers graciously agreed to review chapters as I wrote them. I’d like to especially thank Tim Rice, who provided a huge amount of valuable feedback on technical details, grammar, and everything else imaginable. Without Dave and Tim’s help, this book wouldn’t have turned out nearly as good as it did. I’d also like to thank Andy Sterland, Patrick Wong, and Vinay Deo. I thank Paramesh Vaidyanathan for giving me permission to write this book in the first place, and Scott Guthrie for his support.

I’d like to sincerely thank the folks at Sams—especially Neil Rowe—because I couldn’t have asked for a better publishing team. They gave me the complete freedom to write the kind of book I wanted to write. And, as with my WPF Unleashed book, they recognized the importance of full color printing and didn’t even question doing it!

Finally, I thank you for picking up a copy of this book and reading at least this far! I hope you continue reading and find the journey of exploring Silverlight as enjoyable as I have!