Acknowledgments

A great deal of love and thanks go out to my family: Sara Beth, Ethan, and Isabel—writing sucks away a lot of time and often has the side of effect of making me a bit cranky, and I couldn’t have done this without their support (and I often wonder why I still get it).

Also, a book like this takes a lot of people to make it successful. With that in mind, a big thanks to everyone who worked on this book with me. First, thanks to Mike Lee, who coauthored the first two editions of this book, but who was busy with a little thing called Appsterdam (www.appsterdam.rs) this time around. His wisdom (as well as many of his words) still permeate this book. Thanks to Joe Kissell for catching numerous errors and providing wonderful advice along the way, Kelly Moritz for making sure everything got moved along where it needed to go, Doug Pundick, Michelle Lowman, Damon Larson, and all the others at Apress who helped make this book possible.

Thanks also goes out to the folks at Apple who continue to amaze us with great products and great support for their products.

Scott Meyers

In addition to the teams at Apress and Apple without whom this book could not exist, I have to acknowledge three groups of people who have accompanied me on this ride. First, I have to thank the mentors who have given so freely of their time and knowledge to make me the engineer I am today. I can only hope to live up to your lessons. Second, I have to thank the trail of broken engineers and designers who have followed me into the madness in which great software is forged. You’ve earned your success. Finally, I have to thank the crazy people who should know better than to set aside their perfectly adequate lives to pursue their passions armed with little more than a book and a dream. You are the reason we write.

Mike Lee