Head First Servlets and JSP, 2nd Edition

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From Bryan Basham

I could start by thanking my Mom, but that’s been done before...My knowledge of Java web development is founded in a few medium-scale applications that I have written, but that foundation was honed and refined by years of debate on a Java instructor email alias internal to Sun. In particular, I would like to thank Steve Stelting, Victor Peters, Lisa Morris, Jean Tordella, Michael Judd, Evan Troyka, and Keith Ratliff. There were many people that carved my knowledge, but these six have been the knives that have cut me the deepest.

As with all book projects, the last three months were pretty difficult. I want to thank my fiance, Kathy Collina, for being patient with me. I want to thank Karma and Kiwi (our cats) for the late night sessions of lap-sitting and keyboard trouncing.

Lastly, and most importantly, I must thank Kathy and Bert for even suggesting that we take on this project. Kathy Sierra is truly unique in the world. Her knowledge of metacognition and instructional design is matched only by her creative juice that pours out of her Head First books. I have worked in education for five years now and I have learned nearly everything I know from Kathy... Oh, don’t worry about my Mom; she will get a big dedication in my next Head First book. I love you, Mom!

From Kathy and Bert

That was so mushy Bryan, geez. (Not that Kathy doesn’t appreciate the sucking up.) We agree about your fiance, though. But it’s not like she missed you, out playing Ultimate ...