This book would not have been possible without the contribution of many individuals, to whom I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude. First of all, I would like to acknowledge the great support of the Packt Publishing team. I am very grateful to the editor of the book, Tiksha Sarang, whose support throughout its development was marvelous. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the acquisition editor of the book, Denim Pinto, who has given me the chance to contribute to this book. I would also like to thank Benjamin Baka for great work in the first edition of the book.

I would especially like to thank the editors and technical reviewers of the book for performing the extensive review process. I would like to express my thanks to all the reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions. I am also grateful to Mehul Singh for his fantastic efforts as a technical reviewer. I would also like to express my gratitude to all those who were involved in the copy editing, proofreading, and production of this book.

I am grateful to the Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology for providing me with a fantastic work environment and their kind cooperation. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to Prof. S. L. Surana, Director (Academics), SKIT, for being a constant source of support and motivation. I am especially thankful to Prof. C. M. Choudhary, head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, for his help, advice, support, and encouragement. Special thanks also to all my wonderful friends and colleagues for helping me in eradicating the minor errors and for proofreading the book. I would also like to thank Dr. Mukesh Gupta, Dr. S.R. Dogiwal, and Gaurav Arora for their help.

And last, but by no means least, my sincere thanks go to my family and friends, for their endless encouragement and support throughout the production of this book. They always motivated me to work harder on the book. For any inadequacies that may remain in this book, the responsibility is entirely my own.