Writing this book has been a fantastic experience. I personally have gained as a person who has more patience, perseverance, and tenacity than before. I owe a lot to the people who pushed me through their encouragement and motivation. I would like to thank the Almighty and my parents for their blessings. I would like to thank many people for making this book happen.
I must start with the people who mean the world to me, who inspire me to push myself and who ultimately make everything worthwhile. I am talking about my mother Bimla Modi, wife Sangeeta Modi, and daughter Avni Modi, the three wonderful ladies in my life.
Thanks of course must go to the PacktPub team. I would like to thank my editors Rashmi Suvarna and Juliana Nair for taking this project and helping me through it. I would like to thank the acquisition editor, Kirk D'costa, for finding me for this book. I would also like to thank my technical editor, Aditya Khadye, who walked through the book multiple times and gave incredibly useful feedback.
Last but not the least, I would like to thank my team at Microsoft, Manoj Damodaran, Michael Hopmere, and Ravi Mallela with whom I had several discussions to make this book better.