We want to thank the following people for their input into the development of this book: Doug Barry, Gary Evans, Martin Fowler, Bernard Goodwin, Joshua Graham, Sven Gorts, David Hay, David Haertzen, Michelle Housely, Sriram Narayan, Paul Petralia, Sachin Rekhi, Andy Slocum, Brian Smith, Michael Thurston, Michael Vizdos, and Greg Warren.

In addition, Pramod wants to thank Irfan Shah, Narayan Raman, Anishek Agarwal, and my other teammates who constantly challenged my opinions and taught me a lot about software development. I also want to thank Martin for getting me to write, talk, and generally be active outside of ThoughtWorks; Kent Beck for his encouragement; my colleagues at ThoughtWorks who have helped me in numerous ways and make working fun; my parents Jinappa and Shobha who put a lot of effort in raising me; and Praveen, my brother, who since my childhood days has critiqued and improved the way I write.