Getting the most out of this book
To keep the book short and to the point, we are going to use specific technologies and tools. The concepts, however, apply to other technologies as well. We will attempt to briefly introduce alternatives so that if something is not a good fit for your project, you can pick and choose different tools. I recommend first trying out the technologies introduced in this book to be able to follow the instructions, but do not hesitate to try out the alternatives on your own later.
It is highly recommended that you write the code on your own. Do not simply run the code examples that are provided. It is important to write the code yourself in order to learn and understand it properly. However, if you run into any issues, you can always refer to the code examples.
With that said, let’s start with setting up our development environment in the next section.
