The Developer's Code

Acknowledgments

In the fall of 2010, with much of the original draft complete, I began pitching this book to several tech publishers. While I received some great feedback, I wasn’t able to land a deal. The prevailing argument from most publishers was twofold: books like this typically don’t sell, and in order to make it a worthwhile investment, I needed a bigger following.

Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas saw things differently. And so, first and foremost, I’d like to thank Andy and Dave for sharing my belief that this book has a place in our industry. I’m absolutely humbled to have it added to the great collection of works from the Pragmatic Bookshelf.

A book like this desperately needs a great editor—one who tells it like it is and sees the content ...