Acknowledgments

To Bob Gaines, my manager while Managed DirectX was under development, who always had the encouragement I needed.

To the rest of the Managed DirectX team: Adam Lonnberg, Dominic Riccetti, Randy Russel, Rich Sauer, and Rick Hoskinson. The hard work everyone put into the project really paid off.

To Phil Taylor, the program manager for Managed DirectX, who got me out of many meetings and allowed me to continue working.

To Jason Kepner, who helped with the review of the book, and did most of the original artwork for the book.

To the beta testers of DirectX9, whose invaluable feedback helped shape the look and feel of the final Managed DirectX API.

To the management in DirectX who believed in me enough to allow my vision of Managed DirectX to be realized.

To my mom Vicki, who raised me and gave me the work ethic that works so well for me now.

To my sister Jessica. She'd be upset if I didn't mention her, especially since I mentioned Mom.

And last, but certainly not least:

To my wife Tanya, my son Lucas, and my daughter Samantha. Thank you for encouraging me to write this book, and dealing with the long periods of time when I was too "busy working" to be much fun. I couldn't have done this without your support.

I've run out of people to thank, so I'll just thank everyone else for reading this book.