Acknowledgments

First I thank Martin Ordesky, the creator of Scala, for his thoughtful creation, which takes language design to the next level. Without his work, this book would not exist.

I also thank all of the members of the Scala community. Without their help and comments, I never could have imagined writing this book.

At Manning, I give my thanks to Marjan Bace, Mike Stephens, my editors Cynthia Kane and Katharine Osborne for helping me improve my writing, and the production team of Corbin Collins, Elizabeth Martin, Dottie Marsico, Mary Piergies, Toma Mulligan, and Janet Vail. Special thanks go to Ivan Kirkpatrick and Clint Combs, my technical proofreaders, for their in-depth feedback on the text and the code.

Numerous reviewers read the book at various stages of its development and offered helpful comments and criticisms, and I acknowledge them here: Alexandre Alves, Andrew Rhine, Andy Dingley, Ben Hall, Cheryl Jerozal, Dan Dobrin, Daniel Bretoi, Dave Pawson, David Greco, Dennis Leung, Edmon Begoli, Eric Weinberg, Marco Ughetti, Mark Needham, Michael Smolyak, Peter Crosbie, Peter Thomas, Robert MacGregor, and Tom Belunis.

Thanks also to the readers of Manning’s Early Access Program (MEAP). Their corrections and comments on the manuscript as it was being written were invaluable.

I extend a special thanks to Lutz Hankewitz for his help during the writing process. Without his thoughtful feedback, this book would have been incomplete. Special thanks also to Chad Fowler for contributing the foreword and for endorsing my work.

Last but definitely not least, I would like to thank my wife Manisha for her support and patience as I spent countless weekends working on this book while she took care of the family without any complaints.