Acknowledgement

It was on a Sunday morning, early November 2011. I received an e-mail from a guy called Wilson D'Souza. Wilson is an Acquisition Editor at Pack Publishing and he was looking for someone to author a book on Captivate. Three days later, we agreed on a table of content and less than a week after the first e-mail, we signed the contract. The stage was set for the big adventure to begin!

The first persons I would like to thank are Wilson and all his colleagues at Packt Publishing for trusting me and for giving me the fantastic opportunity to become a published author.

Writing such a book is a milestone in someone's professional career and I would like to acknowledge the help, guidance, and support I received from my colleagues and employers. My deepest thanks to Mr. Benoît Ter Burg from Vision IT and to Mrs. Christel de Maeyer from Howest for introducing me to Captivate back in the early days of Captivate 1.

Being a native French speaker, one of the main obstacles for me during the course of this project was the language barrier, so I asked my friend Baudouin Lernoux to review my drafts before sending them to Packt. Aside from being a great friend and a talented musician, Baudouin teaches English in a Belgian High School. His input on this project has been of critical importance and some of the comments he left in the manuscript were truly hilarious. Thank you my friend, for all this hard work!

Finally, my thanks for the ones who share my life on a daily basis. They had to cope with my insane working hours while writing this book and moving to our new house at the same time. The challenge was theirs too. Céline, Antoine, and Sophie, this book is your book. The book of your support, understanding, and patience for me, the UFO that crossed your life three years ago...