Acknowledgments

I dedicate this book to my father, Pino, my mother, Raffaella, and my sister, Beatrice, who have stood by me through my whole crazy life.

I have many people to thank for their support on this book, but the one person I would really like to acknowledge is my wife, Soledad. For the past six months she has watched TV using a headset, or just reading the subtitles, so as not to disturb me in my nightly writing.

The second person without whom this book could not have been written is my colleague and friend Chris Seal. He helped me a lot, reading chapter after chapter, making suggestions from the project management point of view and improving my Italian-English. Thanks Chris!

I would also like to thank the fantastic Apress team who believed ...

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