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Acknowledgements
Software development is an ironically solitary task that typically involves a lot
of people. In addition to the many hours that we spend in front of our
computers, using our skills to create value out of thin air, we relying heavily on
the talents of others, from the designers who write the specifications, to the
quality assurance folks who ensure that our work is up to the task, from the
managers who make sure that we receive the necessary resources to do our jobs,
to our client’s whose needs make our efforts so worthwhile.
In that respect, writing a book is very similar. In addition to those countless
hours of research and writing, each author depends on the support and input of
many people in getting a book to press. And this project is no different.
To begin with, I want to thank my wife and business partner, Loy Anderson,
who has become a tireless editor and organizer. Without her efforts this book
would never see the light of day. Not only does she endlessly read copy for
readability, spelling, and grammar, but she also acts as publisher, working with
the print and ebook publishers to ensure that the final product is one of which
we can all be proud.
Next, I want to thank this book’s technical reviewers. To begin with, I want to
thank Dmitry Arefiev, the creator of FireDAC. I am so grateful that he was able
to review many of the chapters of this book, especially the more complex
chapters. His comments and corrections ensured the accuracy of so many
technical details. And he did this while working for the release of RAD Studio
10.2 Tokyo. I also want to note that his commitments to Embarcadero
Technologies prevented him from reviewing every chapter prior to this book
heading to the printers, so you have me to blame for those remaining
inaccuracies. I will strive to resolve those using the errata, whose URL appears
in Appendix A.
Next I want to thank Dr. Holger Flick. He contacted me via LinkedIn last fall
with questions regarding my last book: Delphi in Depth: ClientDataSets. His
questions led me to choose FireDAC as the topic of this book, and I began
working on it as soon as I completed the Delphi Developer Days 2016 course
book (which I wrote with Nick Hodges, Director of Engineering at Embarcadero
Technologies). Holger even offered to be a technical reviewer, an offer that I
could not refuse. In addition to reviewing the book, he is planning on translating
this book into German, something that I find very exciting.
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