Acknowledgments from Tim Berglund
I’m delighted to be a part of this, the first book on Gradle to be available to the mar-
ketplace. It’s not every day that a game-changing technology comes along, and it’s
exciting to be a small part of one when it does. Gradle is just such an opportunity for
everyone reading this book.
Writing a book is enormously difficult work, even when it’s a small one and you share
the load with a coauthor. I should start by thanking that coauthor, Matthew McCul-
lough, for his organization, motivation, willingness to hold me accoutable, and of
course his excellent contributions to this volume.
I would also like to thank Hans Dockter, Ken Sipe, Adam Murdoch, Peter Niederwieser,
Szczepan Faber, and Luke Daley of the Gradleware team for their support in answering
questions and providing feedback during the writing process. The technical accuracy
of this volume would be dramatically compromised without them.
Thanks to Mike Loukides for his confidence in Gradle as a technology and his help in
publishing this book under O’Reilly’s name. Thanks also for the editorial contributions
of Meghan Blanchette and Jasmine Perez.
The book also would not have been possible without the support of Jay Zimmerman
of the No Fluff Just Stuff conference series. In five years, when Gradle has brought
peace and order to all of your builds in ways you never could have anticipated, and you
look back and realize you learned it all from these books, send Jay an email to say
thanks. He won’t know why you’re sending it, but you will.
Finally, I want to thank my wife, Kari. I could have been called to other kinds of work
which would have imposed less of a burden on her and conformed better to the as-
sumptions she once made about what it is her husband would do, but instead she got
this. Nevertheless, she believes in me and supports me in my vocation, including things
like the writing of this book. These things likely would not happen if she hadn’t.
The project of explaining Gradle continues, and these acknowledgments will follow it
in the future volumes.
Acknowledgments from Matthew McCullough
Rich Remington for his detailed book review and edits.
Ken Sipe for his structural suggestions and content review.
Chris Beams for his legitimizing of Gradle through SpringSource projects.
Hans Dockter for his edits, but equally for his coinvention of this incredible new tool
and belief that it can be stretched even further.
Adam Murdoch for his coinvention and equally meaningful technical edits of the book.
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