Adding acknowledgements.

foundations-high-performance-react.org

@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@ React programs-to-come.
 I'm very excited to take you on this journey with me and now it's time
 to learn what lays at the very foundation of React.
 
+* Acknowledgments
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: manuscript/acknowledgments.markua
+:END:
+First, I'd like to thank my partner Laura, for always supporting me in
+whatever endeavors I embark upon even if they're new, challenging, or
+scary. This book, nor my work with React, would have taken place if it
+weren't for her support and strength.
+
+Second, I would like to thank my friend, Timothy Licata, for providing
+invaluable feedback on earlier versions and always pushing me to
+explore new ways of using Emacs, such as writing this book.
+
+And last, I would like to thank the wider JavaScript and React
+community for providing many years of work to build upon and
+specifically Rodrigo Pombo's "Build Your Own React" for being the
+inspiration for a lot of this books content.
 * Introduction :mainmatter:
   :PROPERTIES:
   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: manuscript/introduction.markua
@@ -732,8 +749,8 @@ specific details.
   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: manuscript/putting-it-all-together.markua
   :END:
 
-At this point the only thing left to do is to create some components
+Now that we've explored how React renders your components it's time to
-and use them!
+finally create some components and use them!
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC javascript
 const SayNow = ({ dateTime }) => {

manuscript/Book.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 frontmatter.txt
 preface.markua
+acknowledgments.markua
 mainmatter.txt
 introduction.markua
 components-of-react.markua

manuscript/putting-it-all-together.markua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Putting it all together
 
-At this point the only thing left to do is to create some components and use them! 
+Now that we've explored how React renders your components it's time to finally create some components and use them! 
 
 {format: "javascript"}
 ```