Programming Beyond Practices

Acknowledgments

A book is an endless tapestry of hard work, with only part of it weaved by the author. The unique nature of Programming Beyond Practices has made it especially dependent on the support and contributions of others, and there is no way I would have been able to ship it on my own.

First and foremost, I want to thank you. This book is meant to serve its readers well, but you still had to do all the heavy lifting. The fact that you have given me your time and attention is more than I could ever ask for, and I cannot thank you enough.

The work was developed under the watchful eye of not one but three top-notch developmental editors: Jeff Bleiel, Brian MacDonald, and Mike Loukides. Mike convinced me to write this book in the first place, and provided support and feedback throughout the project. Brian helped out in the early stages, and Jeff worked tirelessly with me through the most challenging phase in any writing project: turning a haphazard manuscript into a proper book that’s worth reading.

I also am lucky to have had an incredible technical review team, which included Michael Feathers, Nell Shamrell, and Saron Yitbarek, as well as an anonymous participant who provided very helpful feedback. Ward Cunningham also provided some brief but thoughtful notes on an early draft of the work.

Stephanie Morillo, the book’s copyeditor, turned an awkward word salad into something worth serving up to you. This weird little book needed someone extraordinarily talented to fill this ...