Professional iPhone® and iPad™ Database Application Programming

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY to thank everyone who made this book possible. Carol Long, my executive editor, took a chance with a first-time author and shepherded my idea through the acquisitions process. My project editor, Brian MacDonald, was always there to answer every question that I had about writing and the publishing process. Mike Gilbert, my technical editor, gave up valuable app development time to review my work. I would also like to thank all of the other editorial and production staff that put many hours into this project to help get it to print. Finally, I would like to thank Jeff LaMarche for providing me with insight into writing a book from a software developer's perspective, which gave me the courage to move forward with the project.

I cannot thank my wife, Cheryl, and my stepdaughter, Morgan, enough for putting up with my fits, general crankiness, and lack of time for fun family activities as I worked my way through writing this book. Your patience with me is astounding. I want to thank my Mom for introducing me to computers at a very young age and teaching me the basics. And finally, I want to thank my Dad for pushing me to work hard and for showing me how to be a father.