To be honest, I’m still amazed at being given the chance to write this book. It had been swirling around in my mind for a while, and I consider it one of life’s happier coincidences that I happened to get the opportunity to write about Drupal in not one, but two major books this year.

A brief list of thanks to the folks who have helped me in various capacities to help this book see the light of day:

My intrepid editors, Julie Steele and Meghan Blanchette, for giving me the opportunity to write the book, and for helping me make sense of O’Reilly’s lengthy style guide. Also thanks to Laurel Ruma for making the introduction to Julie so I could actually sell this crazy idea.

Todd Nienkerk of Four Kitchens (fourkitchens.com) helped me understand how the ideas I’ve used in really tiny teams apply to the work of larger teams; his feedback as a reviewer (as indicated by the many times I quote him throughout this text), was invaluable.