Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Jenny Watson gave me the opportunity to revise the first edition of this book. I am extremely grateful for her trust and the encouragement of all at Que Publishing.

Thanks to my development editor, Mark Cierzniak, who shaped my work into a book. Talking to a beginning audience without talking down to the audience is not easy.

In addition, Betsy Stern Hill's technical edits removed some earlier problems.

I want to thank the copy editor, Gene Redding, who cared enough about the reader to put clear writing before everything else.

The other editors and staff who worked closely with this text all deserve vacations now. They are Karen Shields, project editor, Maribeth Echard, proofreader, and Tim Tate, indexer.

My favorite people—my beautiful ...