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At O’Reilly:

Mike Hendrickson has managed to be the guy who kept this project going, through every conceivable obstable.

Mike, this book wouldn’t have happened without you. You’ve seen me through

some ragged times, and I’m sure there are more coming. Good to know you’ll be

there for me when things get tense.

Sometimes you know that a chapter is almost right, but there’s some nagging

detail that is missing. Those are the times when I turn to my editor, Mike

Loukides; he always sees to know just what’s missing. This is our fourth book

together, and we’re already planning the fth and sixth.

My heartfelt thanks go out to my team of O’Reilly co-conspirators: Greg

Corrin

led the way on marketing, and in particular

kicked butt the last week of writing. Ellie Volkhausen did that

rst cover design so long ago, and Mike Kohnke and Karen Montgomery took the cover

to another level for Head Rush. Thanks to Colleen Gorman for doing another amazing

copyedit—you just keeping doing these Head First books, and I love that. Sue Willing, Ron

Bilodeau, and Marlowe Shaeffer took care of making sure the printer was happy, and

that’s no small task.

It’s really no accident that the name “O’Reilly” is on the cover.

Tim O’Reilly took a

chance, and keeps taking chances, on this series. Tim, you’ll never know how honored I am

to be a part of this series.

And there’s a lot more...*

Kathy Sierra

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