Acknowledgments

Katka Vaughan, for endless advice, proofreading, and formatting. Your contribution and unending patience made this book possible.

Peter Torr, for invaluable assistance on Microsoft forums.

Microsoft, for answering questions and building great tools.

The terrific team at Sams. Especially Neil Rowe, for guidance throughout the entire process. Technical editor J. Boyd Nolan, for going over my code with a fine-toothed comb.

The great folks at PebbleAge. In particular, Olivier Parchet and Christian Kobel for their encouragement and goodwill.

Inspiration and support (in no particular order):

Cliff Simpkins, John Papa, Davide Zordan, Jaime Rodriguez, Marlon Grech, Glenn Block, Charles Petzold, Josh Smith, Sacha Barber, David Anson, Peter O’Hanlon, Corrado Cavalli, Colin Eberhardt, René Schulte, Laurent Bugnion, Jeff Wilcox, Damian Mehers, Shawn Wildermuth, Sascha Corti, Rob Tiffany, Walt Ritscher, Michael Crump, Matteo Pagani, Atley Hunter, Ginny Caughey, my friends at Wintellect, Jeremy Likness, Steven Porter, Todd Fine, and Jeff Prosise.