Acknowledgments

For many reasons, this book would not exist if not for Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt. If I hadn’t read The Pragmatic Programmer [HT00], I wouldn’t have the list of techniques and tools to push for. To go from reading their words to writing for their publishing company was a journey I can’t believe I made.

Jackie Carter earned her pay editing this book. She always kept on top of me, chasing me down when I had writer’s block and offering ideas and suggestions that made this book much more readable and understandable. Also deserving of much thanks are my technical reviewers, who really helped polish a lot of rough edges: Rachel Davies, Ben Nadel, Karl W. Pfalzer, Craig Riecke, Johanna Rothman, and Brian Rinaldi.

I have to thank all of ...

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