The Rails Way

Acknowledgments

A very heartfelt and special thank you goes to my editor, Debra Williams Cauley, for recognizing my potential and ever-patiently guiding me through the all of the ups and downs of getting this book finished over the course of a year and a half. She’s also one of the sweetest, smartest women I know, and I look forward to a long and productive friendship with her. The rest of my team at Addison-Wesley was also phenomenally helpful, patient, and always encouraging: San Dee Phillips, Songlin Qiu, Mandie Frank, Marie McKinley, and Heather Fox.

Of course, my family bore the brunt of my preoccupation with working on the book, especially during the last six months (once the deadline pressure started getting really intense). Taylor, Liam, ...