Mithun Pattankar, who hails from Kalaburgi and lives in Bangalore, India, works with the leading MNC as a consultant. He has been developing .NET-based applications for over 12 years now. He has an industry-wide experience in building Desktop Apps (WPF), Web Apps (ASP.NET and client-side frameworks), and Hybrid Mobile apps (Ionic). He is involved in all aspects of application development, and mentors his junior team members. He has been actively working on building ASP.NET Web APIs for different frontends and conducts technical training as well.
Mithun believes in eating sattvic food for healthy living and loves spending time doing socio-spiritual activities. He occasionally blogs on mithunvp.com and can be reached on Twitter at @mithunpattankar.
I would like to thank the team at Packt for giving me a wonderful opportunity to write this book. It was truly a great learning experience. Also, thanks to the technical reviewer for providing valuable feedback.
Immense respect and love to my parents for their unconditional love, incredible support, and prayers. Thanks to my sisters with whom I enjoyed growing up.
For her unconditional love, looking after me during late nights while writing this book, and supporting me through thick and thin, I would like to thank my wife from the bottom of my heart.
Lots of love to my cute, adorable son; you're such a blessing for us. Thanks to my best friends for being there every time.
Finally, and most importantly, I would like to dedicate this book to my guru, HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who lived "In the joy of others, lies our own;" only by his blessings and grace, I could accomplish everything in my life.
Malendra Hurbuns is from South Africa, and lives in New Zealand, working for an Australian Company as a senior software developer. He has been developing in .NET for over 15 years. He mentors other developers and is involved in all aspects of development. He loves writing simple code that has a high quality. He is one of the pioneers in web API in his role, and he has implemented many live systems using ASP.NET Web APIs. TDD is also a topic close to his heart. He has worked in the accounting, banking, and simulation industries, which has provided him with a wealth of experience. He is a keen cyclist and swimmer.
Thank you to my mum and dad who have always supported me in my career, and their endurance while I was writing this book, which means a lot to me. Thank you to the team at Packt for guiding me along my first book.