Acknowledgments

Although most of the process of writing a book is very solitary, this book came together because of the work of many talented and hard-working people. I’d like to take a moment to thank some of them by name.

I’d like to sincerely thank Dwayne Need, senior development manager from the WPF team. His feedback on my drafts was so thorough and insightful, the book is far better because of him. I’d like to thank Robert Hogue, Joe Castro, and Jordan Parker for their helpful reviews. David Teitlebaum, 3D expert from the WPF team, deserves many thanks for agreeing to update the great 3D chapter originally written by Daniel Lehenbauer. Having Daniel’s and David’s perspectives and advice captured on paper is a huge benefit for any readers thinking about dabbling in 3D.

I’d also like to thank (in alphabetical order): Chris Brumme, Eileen Chan, Brian Chapman, Beatriz de Oliveira Costa, Joe Duffy, Ifeanyi Echeruo, Dan Glick, Neil Kronlage, Rico Mariani, Mike Mueller, Oleg Ovetchkine, Lori Pearce, S. Ramini, Rob Relyea, Tim Rice, Ben Ronco, Eric Rudder, Adam Smith, Tim Sneath, David Treadwell, and Paramesh Vaidyanathan.

I’d like to thank the folks at Sams—especially Neil Rowe and Betsy Gratner, who are always a pleasure to work with. I couldn’t have asked for a better publishing team. Never once was I told that my content was too long or too short or too different from a typical Unleashed title. They gave me the complete freedom to write the kind of book I wanted to write.

I’d like to thank my mom, dad, and brother for opening my eyes to the world of computer programming when I was in elementary school. If you have children, please expose them to the magic of writing software while they’re still young enough to care about what you have to say!

Finally, I thank you for picking up a copy of this book and reading at least this far! I hope you continue reading and find the journey of exploring WPF 4.5 as fascinating as I have!