Many people have contributed a lot to the successful completion of this book. I would like to use this opportunity to thank all of them. Without their help, it would have been difficult for me to finish this book.
I would like to thank Lisa McClain, senior editor at McGraw Hill, for her enthusiastic support and motivation throughout the process, for making adjustments to the schedule whenever there was a fire drill at my job, and for helping me in every possible way to make this book a reality; Emily Walters, editorial coordinator at McGraw Hill, for managing this project and always staying on top of things; Revathi Viswanathan of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. for helping me in all phases of the production of this book; Patty Mon, editorial supervisor; Bart Reed for helping me in editing this book; and Lisa McCoy for proofreading.
I would like to thank Dhanraj Pondicherry, senior manager at Amazon Web Services, for the technical review of this book and for providing his valuable feedback and advice at every step. I would also like to thank Francessca Vasquez and Matthew Menz, both directors at Amazon Web Services, and the Amazon legal and PR teams for providing all the necessary approvals.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues who, without fail, motivated and encouraged me to make this book happen.