# Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank the original authors of the Django Book – Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss. They provided such a strong foundation that it has really been a delight writing this new edition. Equal first in the shout out has to be the Django community. Vibrant and collaborative, the Django community is what really stood out to this cynical old businessman 6 years ago when I first discovered the “new kid on the web-framework block”. It’s your support that makes Django so great. Thank you. ## About the Author Nigel George is a business systems developer specializing in the application of Open Source technologies to solve common business problems. He has a broad range of experience in software development – from writing database apps for small business, to developing the backend and UI for a distributed sensor network at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Nigel also has over 15 years experience in technical writing for business. He has written several training manuals and hundreds of technical procedures for corporations and Australian government departments. He has been using Django since version 0.96. Nigel lives in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.