January 1, 2010 at 22:56Passion for programming. Chapter 2. Acknowledgments
With a little delay from the plan, I continue to translate Chad Fowler's book "Passion for Programming."
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I would never have written this book if not for Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt. Their book "Programmer-pragmatist" [1] served as a catalyst for me and from the time of its reading I was inspired by their work. If it were not for the support and guidance of Dave, I would never have considered myself qualified enough to write this book.
Susannah Pfalzer edited the second edition of this book. By editing I mean pushing, inspiring, inspiring, guiding and, of course ... editing. Her patience and ability to say the right words motivating me, not scaring me, was just what was needed to complete the book. If it weren’t for Susanne, the book would have remained a set of promiscuous, half-formed ideas.
David Heinemeier Hansson, who wrote the opening remarks. His career as a partner in the 37signals project and creator of Rails is a brilliant example of applying the ideas that underlie this book. I am also glad that other outstanding people that I came across during my career also contributed. Many thanks to Stephen Akers, James Duncan Davidson, Vik Chadha, Mike Clark, Patrick Collison, and Tom Preston-Werner for the inspiration of myself and the readers of my book.
To my reviewers, for valuable comments on drafts for the second edition. It is always amazing how wrong the first version of a chapter can be and how correct a good reviewer can make it. Thanks to Sammy Larbi, Bryan Dyck, Bob Martin, Kent Beck, Alan Francis, Jared Richardson, Rich Downie, and Erik Kastner.
Juliet Thomas, who edited the first edition of the book. Her enthusiasm and vision was invaluable. I received a lot of feedback from reviewers of the first edition of the book: Carey Boaz, Karl Brophey, Brandon Campbell, Vick Chandha, Mauro Cicio, Mark Donoghue, Mark Donoghue, Pat Euler (Pat Eyler), Ben Goodwin, Jacob Harris, Adam Keys, Steve Morris, Bill Nall, Wesley Reiz, Avik Sengupta (Avik Sengupta), Kent Spillner, Sandesh Tattitali, Craig Utley, Greg Vaughn, and Peter W.A. Wood (Peter WA Wood). They helped make the book much better and I can’t thank them for the time spent,
Those great people with whom I had the opportunity to work both officially and unofficially for the ideas that formed the basis of this book. Thank you for listening, teaching and just talking Donnie Webb, Ken Smith, Walter Hoehn, James McMurry, Carey Boaz, David Alan Black , Mike Clark, Nicole Clark, Vick Chadha, Avi Bryant, Rich Kilmer, Steve Akers, Mark Gardener, Ryan Ownens, Tom Copeland, Dave Craine, John Athayde, Marcel Molina, Eric Kostner, Bruce Williams, David Heinemer Hanson, Ali Sareea and Jimu Ali Sareea (Jim Weirich).
Thanks to my parents for their continued support. And most importantly, thanks to my wife Kelly for appreciating.
[1] The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, 2000.
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Chapter 2
Acknowledgments
I would never have written this book if not for Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt. Their book "Programmer-pragmatist" [1] served as a catalyst for me and from the time of its reading I was inspired by their work. If it were not for the support and guidance of Dave, I would never have considered myself qualified enough to write this book.
Susannah Pfalzer edited the second edition of this book. By editing I mean pushing, inspiring, inspiring, guiding and, of course ... editing. Her patience and ability to say the right words motivating me, not scaring me, was just what was needed to complete the book. If it weren’t for Susanne, the book would have remained a set of promiscuous, half-formed ideas.
David Heinemeier Hansson, who wrote the opening remarks. His career as a partner in the 37signals project and creator of Rails is a brilliant example of applying the ideas that underlie this book. I am also glad that other outstanding people that I came across during my career also contributed. Many thanks to Stephen Akers, James Duncan Davidson, Vik Chadha, Mike Clark, Patrick Collison, and Tom Preston-Werner for the inspiration of myself and the readers of my book.
To my reviewers, for valuable comments on drafts for the second edition. It is always amazing how wrong the first version of a chapter can be and how correct a good reviewer can make it. Thanks to Sammy Larbi, Bryan Dyck, Bob Martin, Kent Beck, Alan Francis, Jared Richardson, Rich Downie, and Erik Kastner.
Juliet Thomas, who edited the first edition of the book. Her enthusiasm and vision was invaluable. I received a lot of feedback from reviewers of the first edition of the book: Carey Boaz, Karl Brophey, Brandon Campbell, Vick Chandha, Mauro Cicio, Mark Donoghue, Mark Donoghue, Pat Euler (Pat Eyler), Ben Goodwin, Jacob Harris, Adam Keys, Steve Morris, Bill Nall, Wesley Reiz, Avik Sengupta (Avik Sengupta), Kent Spillner, Sandesh Tattitali, Craig Utley, Greg Vaughn, and Peter W.A. Wood (Peter WA Wood). They helped make the book much better and I can’t thank them for the time spent,
Those great people with whom I had the opportunity to work both officially and unofficially for the ideas that formed the basis of this book. Thank you for listening, teaching and just talking Donnie Webb, Ken Smith, Walter Hoehn, James McMurry, Carey Boaz, David Alan Black , Mike Clark, Nicole Clark, Vick Chadha, Avi Bryant, Rich Kilmer, Steve Akers, Mark Gardener, Ryan Ownens, Tom Copeland, Dave Craine, John Athayde, Marcel Molina, Eric Kostner, Bruce Williams, David Heinemer Hanson, Ali Sareea and Jimu Ali Sareea (Jim Weirich).
Thanks to my parents for their continued support. And most importantly, thanks to my wife Kelly for appreciating.
[1] The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, 2000.