Faith Indigo Farmerfor hands-on writing and collaboration during the initial stages of outlining this book in enormous detail, and for help with early chapter drafts.

Sean Keeryfor lending us his deep and thoughtful Cloud Foundry expertise in the form of chapter-by-chapter guidance and technical reviews that shaped the end product in numerous ways.

Haydon Ryanfor his invaluable discussions, insights, and advice that helped shape the content of the book through the vast lens of his Cloud Foundry experience.

Scott Frederick for the Spring Music test app that has become the de facto Hello World! for every Cloud Foundry application developer and platform engineer.

Cyrus Wadia for helping arrange the various permissions for us to write this book and to integrate portions of Pivotal content that help tell the Cloud Foundry story.

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Solutionsand theApplication Transformationpractice atPivotal Labsis the hidden voice behind this book. The numerous individuals, past and present, who make up the globalPCFS + AppTxteam, under the founding leadership ofDino Cicciarelli,Joe Fitzgerald, andMatt Russell, aretheshoulders of giants that we stood upon to extend their work into this particular medium. They are the most coveted and elite Cloud Foundry solutions team in the world -- valued thought-leaders shaping the digital revolution and the transformation of so very many Fortune 1000 companies, government entities, and nonprofit organizations, who are in a position to bring about innovations that make a real impact and a better world for us all.We are grateful to each of you.

The entirePacktteam for their guidance, insights, professionalism, and encouragement throughout the process of creating this book. They are the unsung team behind the book covers that influence and shape the global conversation on technologies such as Cloud Foundry that have the potential to change the world for the better. In particular, we would like to thank our editors Devika Battike, Shrilekha Inani, and Prachi Sawant for their extraordinary contributions to the book. Also, the efforts of Judie Jose and Nipukumar Nath, among so many others in the Packt team that helped along the way. Thank you all.

Pivotal, theCloud Foundry Foundationand theCloud Foundry Community. None of this would have existed without you. Your innovations, insights, and contributions are moving the needle toward a better, more innovative world, one Cloud Foundry foundation at a time.Thank you!