First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all the members of the BAM Development team and the Oracle management team, especially to Robert Patrick, Jeff McDaniel, Payal Srivastava, Stephen Sherman, Hani Isac, and Odin Grupe for their support, encouragement, and guidance throughout the development of this book.

I would also like to express my deep gratitude to all the contributors and the reviewers, who truly play a key part in improving the contents and making this book complete. Their hard work, great ideas, and precious comments really make a difference. Special thanks to Michael Zhao who has spent a lot of his spare time in building and testing the samples, thus ensuring the high quality of the code and instructions. Without their contributions, this book wouldn't have been as good as it is now.

I would like to say a big thank you to the team at Packt Publishing, who are always willing to help with their professionalism, enthusiasm, and dedication. Special thanks go to Stephanie Moss, who provided a lot of invaluable feedback and comments in the early stage of writing, which really made my job easier as an author.

Finally, I would like to dedicate this book to my lovely wife, Daisy, who has been supporting and encouraging me throughout the course of the book's development. Without her continued support, patience, and care, I would not have pursued and completed this work in such a short amount of time.