Acknowledgments

When writing a book, a substantial amount of work goes on behind the scenes, and authors are backed by an excellent team of editors, proofreaders, and technical reviewers. This book was no exception and I would like to thank everyone who worked on the book. Thanks in particular to the team at Apress, especially Steve Anglin and Kylie Johnston, for keeping the book on track and taking care of all the details that go into getting a book printed and on the shelves. I want to thank the rest of the Spring team, especially Dmitriy Kopylenko for his excellent input in his role as technical reviewer, Keith Donald for taking the time to check over the Spring Rich chapter and correct any mistakes, and last but not least, Rod Johnson for kindly agreeing to write the foreword.

Rob Harrop