Acknowledgments

Roy’s dad instilled in him a love of technology, and Roy’s mom cultivated his love of books. It is only fitting for him to dedicate this, his first book, to his parents, Robert and Dalia Sandberg.

Roy would also like to thank the editors and staff at Apress for all their help and insight.

Finally, Roy thanks Mark Rollins for extending him this opportunity, for his hard work, and for his patient understanding when Roy made annoying last minute changes to the manuscript.

—Roy Sandberg

I would like to dedicate this book to Michelle Lowman, Steve Anglin, and Anamika Panchoo, the editors of this book. I believe that Steve was instrumental in getting me my first book deal, which was the first edition of this book.

I would also like to thank the technical editors for their efforts. I am certain that they worked hard.

I also want to thank Brian Dorgan, a very bright programmer without whom I could have never written the first edition of the book.

I also want to thank Roy. He was a joy to work with, and was very good at doing the parts that I had a hard time doing.

—Mark Rollins