Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He provides mentoring and training workshops for teams with the desire to improve. Steve has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for over 10 consecutive years, and is a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. He is the top contributor to the official documentation on ASP.NET Core and enjoys helpings others write maintainable, testable app... morelications using Microsoft's developer tools. Connect with Steve at ardalis.com.

Filip is an enthusiastic developer that strives to learn something new every day. With almost two decades of experience in .NET, Filip actively spreads his knowledge and ideas around the globe, be it speaking at conferences or online. Filip has worked in a range of different technologies such as WPF, Win Forms, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Xamarin and .NET MAUI. In 2012, Filip published the book C# Smorgasbord, covering a vast variety of different technologies and patterns using C#, and right after Fi... morelip was introduced as an author at Pluralsight. After that, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for 10 years in a row.

Vladimir Khorikov is the author of the book Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns: https://amzn.to/2QXS2ch He has been professionally involved in software development for over 15 years, including mentoring teams on the ins and outs of unit testing. He's also the founder of the Enterprise Craftsmanship blog, where he reaches 500 thousand software developers yearly. He started as an adviser on general programming topics, but lately has shifted his focus to unit testing with a central ... moremessage of teaching software developers how to make unit testing painless.

David Starr has worked in technology leadership positions for over 20 years. He specializes in agile software development practices, patterns and practices, and judicious application of various technologies within development teams. He works to improve the profession of software development as an author, trainer, and Azure architect. He is a 5 time Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and a technical instructor with Pluralsight where he focuses on the software development practices and developer tool... moreing curricula. David blogs at ElegantCode.com, is a frequent contributor at conferences and a frequent writer. He has successfully led many product development teams and is a technical learning professional. David lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and four children, where he spends time being a dad and creating software.

Marc's passion for programming began in the mid 80's on an Apple IIe. He's been able to parlay that passion into a fruitful career; having served in leadership roles both in-house and as a consultant to Fortune 100 firms. Marc began working with Unity in 2011, releasing RavenToll in 2012 under Frivoloustwist. He's continued working with the engine ever since. Marc left Corporate America in 2016 to focus solely on game development. His firm, Frivoloustwist is currently engaged in helping to... more bring one of the best-known IPs in coin-op gaming to the mobile platform.

Steve is a Principal Software Engineering Manager with Microsoft on the Azure Global Engineering team. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was a 7-time Microsoft ASP.NET MVP. Steve is an ASPInsider and is a frequent presenter at developer conferences and user groups including Microsoft Ignite, MS Tech Summit, VSLive!, and AngularMIX. Steve is passionate about Azure, Angular, and Web technologies. You can reach him at stevemichelotti.com or on twitter at @smichelotti.

Harrison Ferrone is a freelance software developer, instructor, and technical editor. He has been developing games and applications with Unity since 2013, and has been creating instructional content for various learning providers since 2016. Throughout that time he has bought far too many books, acquired a few cats, lived and worked abroad, and continually wondered why Neuromancer isn't on more game development course syllabi.

David Berry is a software engineer with over 15 years of application development experience. He started developing software in Java 1.0 using an Oracle 7 backend. Making the switch to Microsoft .NET when it was released, he has worked with every version of .NET since. He has also worked with every version of Oracle since Oracle 7 and ever version of SQL Server since SQL Server 7. His experience spans a broad range of industries including semiconductors, financial services, insurance an gove... morernment. In his free time, he enjoys going on long distance rides on his road bike and cross country skiing during the Wisconsin winters.