Acknowledgments

Writing a book is always a rewarding experience. It is a great feeling when ideas eventually turn into books. My special thanks to Neil Rowe for providing me with the opportunity to author this book—turning this idea into a reality. I am thankful to the entire Sams team for their support.

My thanks to Sriram Putrevu for his hard work, dedication, and keeping me focused with the latest trends and happenings in and around Ajax. I am also thankful to Abhishek Kant (Microsoft), Steve Smith (AspAlliance), Russell Jones (DevX), Steve Jones (SSWUG), Jude Kelly (SQL Server Performance), Douglas Paterson (Packt Publishing), and Anand Narayaswamy (AspAlliance) for their inspiration and support. My heartiest thanks to my friends Tilak Tarafder and Rituraj Singh for their continued encouragement.

My deepest respect and gratitude to my parents for their love, blessings, and encouragement throughout my life. My thanks to my other family members too, for their support, and to little Jini in particular, for her continued inspiration and love.

Thank you all so much!

—Joydip Kanjilal

First and foremost, I would like to thank my coauthor Joydip Kanjilal for having faith and confidence in me to deliver this book. Without his encouragement, I couldn’t have made this huge step forward in writing this book.

My special thanks to the entire Sams team, for their continuous support during several phases of this project. Their input and suggestions helped me to do a better job.

I would also like to express my gratitude to all my employers, who have given me an opportunity to work with them and experience different facets of professional life.

And finally, my heartfelt thanks to my entire family—especially my dad (P.V.D. Nageswara Rao), my mom (P. Rajeswari), my brother (P. Loknath), and to the little Poorvika and Rushil, and my inspirational grandfather (P.V.K. Punneswara Rao), and to every other member in the family for all their love and endless support, not only during this phase of the project, but also throughout my life. Thank you all very much!

—Sriram Putrevu