Special Thanks

DEDICATION

To my siblings, Chad "Co-Chillin Bug" Cadenhead and Kelly "Home Sweet Home Girl" Cadenhead, from their older brother "Pa-T Melt." It's a shame we're the only ones who address each other by our secret rap names.. -- Rogers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To the folks at Sams.net -- especially David Mayhew, Mark Taber, Deborah Frisby, Scott Meyers, Heather Stith, Bob Correll, Brad Seifert, and Lorraine Schaffer. Their work made a great contribution to the book, and I have deep admiration for them (to the extent that such feelings do not create an uncomfortable workplace under the federal guidelines regarding sexual harrassment).

To my agent, Brian Gill, who talked me out of quitting two hours early and renaming this book Teach Yourself Java 1.1 Programming in Two Contiguous 11-Hour Time Periods.

To my wife, M.C., and my son, Max. You make me feel like the protagonist of a Frank Capra movie after all the obstacles have been overcome, the end credits are about to roll, and several of our first-generation immigrant neighbors are expressing their happiness through song.