Acknowledgments
I couldn't have written this book without some early influences in both writing and programming. So I have to thank to Dick Holland, Keith Hull, Janet Constantanides, Phil Schlump, and Pat LaFollett for my education (only three of those were my teachers – Phil and Pat are former co-workers who are natural mentors). More recently, I have to thank John Sederberg, Terry Dexter, and Daniel Padilla for taking a chance on a guy whose degrees were not in computer science. Finally, I have to thank Mary Jackson (good friend and fabulous software developer) for putting me in touch with Steve Anglin at Apress.
Ewan Buckingham and Adam Heath have put up with a lot from me, as I went from working on the book full-time to writing all day ...
Get Java 7 for Absolute Beginners now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
