October 2023
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
8h 28m
English
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There are two kinds of knowledge: a priori knowledge and experiential knowledge. Let me illustrate—I knew that writing a book is arduous and life-interrupting, but until I undertook this effort, I really had no clue! One of the most impactful things I learned in this process is that you can't do it on your own. At least not well. So, let me take a moment to give credit to whom it is due.
I owe this opportunity to Christina Wheeler, who recommended me to the Wiley team. I'm not sure whether I should thank you or not!
The Wiley team has been immensely helpful and patient with a new author. Thanks to Kenyon Brown, Magesh Elangovan, Pete Gaughan, Navin Vijayakumar, and especially David Clark and Evelyn Wellborn. You put so much into making this work look fantastic!
My managing director, Eric Vandenberg, at Core BTS has been more than supportive and encouraging. You were right; I wasn't able to write this in 15-minute blocks!
Josh Pinsonneault was very instrumental in my career in pushing me to do more than just programming. He encouraged me to develop skills I didn't know I had. Thanks, Josh!
I'm not a gambler, but I took a chance on a new guy on our Core BTS team, Zach Schultz, and that was a bet more rewarding than I imagined. As my technical editor, Zach labored to make sure that these exercises would actually work for you, the reader, and would make sense. But the big payoff for me in choosing Zach was a friendship that will last a lifetime.
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