I WANT TO THANK MY COAUTHOR, ONUR DUNDAR, for all his hard work and for his efforts to keep me on schedule. Without him, this book wouldn't be half as good.

I am grateful to my team and colleagues, in particular John Wei and Sunil Tiptur Nataraj, who gave me the time and flexibility to work on this book, and Angus Yeung for his support. My thanks also go to my Google Developer Relations contacts, Uttam Tripathi, Martin Omander, Baris Yesugey, and others who supported me in all ways possible. I want to thank Alex Theedom for covering for me on my Java EE–related responsibilities while I was deeply buried in Android. No words are enough to thank Jim Minatel and Tom Dinse, who patiently worked on all the details while keeping most of the stresses away from us. And thanks, of course, to everyone at Wrox/Wiley who got this book on the shelves.

I must thank three important people who are responsible for who I am in my professional life.

First, thanks to my dad, Mustafa Yener, for giving me my first computer, a C64, at an early age while I was asking for slot cars. I wrote my very first code on that computer.

Second, thanks to my thesis advisor, Professor Mahir Vardar, for the early guidance I needed to start my career.

Finally, thanks to my lifetime mentor and friend, Naci Dai, who taught me almost everything I know about being a professional software developer.

—Murat Yener

I WANT TO THANK MURAT YENER for taking me on this journey and enabling me to share in the fun of writing this book. With Murat's experience and knowledge, we delivered a high quality book for developers and engineers.

I am thankful to Oktay Ozgun for his wisdom and advice throughout my career and life. His guidance has helped me become a passionate engineer and a better person.

I also want to thank Professor Arda Yurdakul, who was generous with her experience and guidance as she encouraged me to learn more about software and computers and to become a better engineer.

In my final year at Bogazici University, Professor Cem Ersoy, Professor Alper Sen, and Dr. Hande Alemdar provided great assistance. I would also like to thank the folks at Intel—Steve Cutler, Andrew John, Brendan LeFoll, Todor Minchev, Peter Rohr, Rami Radi, Alex Klimovitski, and Marcel Wagner—for their great support and for the opportunities they provided to help me learn and develop in my engineering career.

I want to thank Professor Gurkan Kok, for the interesting stuff I am working on right now.

Thanks to all the Wiley/Wrox editors for their help with this book.

Finally, my special thanks to Ali Caglar Ozkan for motivating me (and taking great photos) after my first book, along with with Aytac Yurdakurban and Engin Efecik, for supporting my continuing interest in writing books.

—Onur Dundar