I have many friends and colleagues who offered advice, support, criticism, and
review. Thanks to Erik Berry, Gregory Brown, Pat Eyler, James Edward Gray II,
Damon Hill, Jim Kane, John Lein, Tim Morgan, Keith Nazworth, Rob Norwood,
Brian Sage, Jeremy Weathers, and Craig Wilson for your input. Thanks also to Gary
and Jean Atkins, who, although they know nothing about Rails or software development,
never failed to ask me about my book??™s progress and offer encouragement.
Others provided inspiration through their books and writings online, as well as discussions
on mailing lists: Fran?§ois Beausoleil, David Black, Avi Bryant, Jamis Buck,
Ryan Davis, Mauricio Fern??ndez, Eric Hodel, S. Robert James, Jeremy Kemper, Rick
Olson, Dave Thomas, and why the lucky stiff.
None of this would have been possible without Ruby or Rails. Thanks to Yukihiro
Matsumoto (Matz) for creating such a beautiful language, to David Heinemeier
Hansson for creating such a fun framework, and to the Ruby and Rails committers
and communities for maintaining them.
Thanks to my parents for their continual support.
Finally, thanks to my wonderful wife, Kristen, who put up with a year-long writing
process. She encouraged me to write a book when I thought it impossible, and supported
me every step of the way.
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Foundational Techniques1
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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