Acknowledgments

The authors thank the many people who have made the 0.1.0 release of this book possible, including everyone who contributed to earlier releases.

Reviewers

Several people reviewed one or more chapters or sections of the book, and the feedback that those individuals provided helped make the book better. The authors thank:

  • Gabe Livengood – University of Georgia

  • Marly Arenas – University of Georgia

The authors also thank the many students in classes at the University of Georgia (UGA) who were kind enough to provide corrections and other feedback using the feedback form accessible via the book’s website.

Sponsors

This book is made available for free as an Open Educational Resource (OER). This is made possible, in part, by work supported by various sponsors. This sponsored support funded a portion of the authors’ salaries while developing and iterating on the content in the book, and it enabled the authors to compensate some of the student assistants and reviewers who contributed as well. The authors thank:

Affordable Learning Georgia

The material in this book is based upon work supported by Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) under the following Affordable Materials Grants:

  • #464. May 2019 to July 2020 - $10,800. Michael E. Cotterell (PI), Bradley J. Barnes (Co-PI). “Open & Active Course Materials for Software Development.” Textbook Transformation Grant, Affordable Learning Georgia. Round 14.

  • #M312. January 2025 to December 2025 - $8,670. Michael E. Cotterell (PI), Bradley J. Barnes (Co-PI). “Continuous Improvement: Website and Porting.” Affordable Materials Grant, Affordable Learning Georgia. Round 26.

  • #M309. January 2025 to December 2025 - $8,670. Bradley J. Barnes (PI), Michael E. Cotterell (Co-PI), “Continuous Improvement: In-section Review Questions.” Affordable Materials Grant, Affordable Learning Georgia. Round 26.

University of Georgia

The material in this book is based upon work supported by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia under the following Affordable Course Materials Grants:

  • May 2019 to July 2019 - $5,000. Bradley J. Barnes (PI), Michael E. Cotterell (Co-PI). “Creation of interactive tutorials to replace current text in CSCI 1302 Software Development.” Provost’s Affordable Course Materials Grant, University of Georgia.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors mentioned above.