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Acknowledgments

Writing a book of this type is never the work of just one person; it
literally takes an army of hardened soldiers, and this book is no
exception. From the editors to the marketing organization to the
reviewers of the manuscript, this book simply would not have been
possible without the group of dedicated folks that gave up many of
their nights and weekends to help ensure that the quality was the
highest possible. Any credit should be given to all of the great
people involved; any mistakes are mine alone.

First, I need to thank my O'Reilly editors, Brett
McLaughlin and Robert Eckstein, two of the most dedicated and sincere
editors that I have worked with. I hope we have a chance to work
together on future projects. Your advice and leadership made the task
much easier than I could have imagined. I also would like to thank
Kyle Hart from O'Reilly's marketing
department. Your help was dearly appreciated.

Next, I would like to acknowledge the team of fine developers that I
first learned Struts with. The bond that our little NV team had was
something special that comes around only once in a while. I really
enjoyed working with all of you.

The following people played a special role by giving me advice on the
book's content and direction: Steve Ardis, Jill
Entinger, See Yam Lim, and Ted Husted (although Ted may not realize
that he contributed in this way).

When I first decided to post the draft chapters of the book, I made a
comment that if any reviewers went beyond the call of duty, I would
personally thank them in the acknowledgments of the book. Little did
I realize how many would take me up on it! There are so many that I
can't thank each and every one individually. Over
100 people contributed feedback for one or more chapters of this
book. The Struts community is by far one of the best. Almost every
person on the Struts mailing list has contributed in one way or
another. To each of you, thank you!

Thanks to the following people: John Guthrie, David Karr, Brent Kyle,
Stefano Scheda, and Rick Reumann for asking all the right questions,
Mark Galbreath for reminding me of my 10th-grade English teacher, and
James Mitchell and James Holmes for getting me involved with the
Atlanta Struts group.

I need to say a special thanks to Tim Drury for his help on Chapter 16. His Ant skills are known worldwide.
Special thanks also to Brian Keeton, who wrote Chapter 13 because I'm too
slowhe's the smartest EJB developer I know.
Both of you are great friends and simply the finest humans that
I've ever met. Just knowing you has made me a better
person. I hope we can work together again.

The group at TheServerSide.com deserves special thanks from me and
the reviewers for allowing the draft chapters of this book to be
available for download. This is a great example of what the future
holds for book publishing.

I would be remiss if I didn't thank the entire
Struts community. I have met and corresponded with many smart
developers who also strike me as just really fun people to hang
around with. The feedback and suggestions I received during this
process were awesome. I hope that all of you got some benefit out of
this, and I appreciate everyone's patience while
some of this was figured out as I went.

Finally, all Struts developers should give thanks to Craig McClanahan
for having the wits about him to create the framework and make it
freely available to the community. He could have tried to make a
profit from it by starting Struts, Inc., but he realized that he
would be rewarded ten-fold anyway, and I'm sure he
has been. Craig, it's a nice framework, you should
be proud. And to all of the committers on the Struts project, what
would it really be without you? Thanks for all of your help.