Essential Windows Phone 8, Second Edition

Acknowledgments

This is the second edition of this book, and that changes the way you write a book. Writing is hard...editing is even more difficult. It is easy to simply miss the obvious changes that should be caught. To that end, three people have been pivotal in getting this book correct (or perhaps will shoulder the blame for any errata that got missed ;):

I want to thank Joan Murray at Addison-Wesley for maintaining her incredible patience. When I am writing, I tend to vacillate between an excited pixie and an angry imp. She handles that swinging pendulum better than most.

In addition, I want to again thank Christopher Cleveland for the job of developmental editor. He’s been great at keeping the little things in mind and making sure the ...