First and foremost, my wife Shwetha and son Tanmay deserve full credit for the completion of this book. This book was possible only because of their understanding, support, and countless sacrifices. For days I would be unavailable, miss many family events, and yet they continued to shower me with all their love and affection.
I thank my parents, Mahendra Kumar Jaini and Saraswathamma, for their love, support, and for everything that I am today. I miss my father, but he is always there with me. My mother is my muse, and I follow her footsteps now as an author.
I have a very supportive sister Suma Jain and nephew Poojith Jain who never fail to pep me up. Ashwin Das, is family, and I enjoy bouncing all my ideas with him.
I thank my very close friend, Chidananda P, for all the help and support that he continues to give me. I thank my childhood friend Anand Rao for always being there as my buddy and for encouraging every project of mine.
My venture into mobile space has been very enjoyable. I thank all my former colleagues in Nokia—Prahalad Rao for being a great manager and for directly supporting me at work when I started this book, Sathish EV for all those initial reviews, Bhuwan Lodha for encouraging me to blog, Ashwin Das, Karthik S, Prasad S, Pavanesh, and Krishna KN for all the suggestions given. A very special thanks to Govind Ashrit, who actually urged me to write this book. Thank you guys!
I also thank Shaun Dunne, Ankit Garg, and Yousef Jadallah for reviewing the technical content of the book, and suggesting valuable changes and corrections.
Finally, I thank Packt Publishers and Usha Iyer for giving me this opportunity. My heartfelt thanks to my editors Vishal Bodwani, Arun Nadar, Kirti Pujari, and Lubna Shaikh for tirelessly reviewing my writing—multiple times, and giving me many valuable suggestions. You guys were just great!