About the Author
Valerio De Sanctis is a skilled IT professional with over 12 years of experience in lead
programming, web-based development, and project management using ASP.NET, PHP,
and Java. He previously held senior positions at a range of financial and insurance
companies, most recently serving as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer
at a leading after-sales and IT service provider for many top-tier life and non-life insurance
groups.
In the course of his career, Valerio De Sanctis helped many private organizations to
implement and maintain .NET-based solutions, working side-by-side with many IT
industry experts and leading several frontend, backend, and UX development teams. He
designed the architecture and actively oversaw the development of a wide number of
corporate-level web application projects for high-profile clients, customers, and partners,
including London Stock Exchange Group, Zurich Insurance Group, Allianz, Generali,
Harmonie Mutuelle, AIG, QBE, Marsh & McLennan, Lloyd's, Honda Motor, FCA Group,
Luxottica, ANSA, Saipem, ENI, Enel, Terna, Banzai Media, Virgilio.it, Repubblica.it, and
Corriere.it.
He is an active member of the Stack Exchange Network, providing advice and tips for .NET,
JavaScript, HTML5, and other web-related topics on the StackOverflow, ServerFault, and
SuperUser communities. Most of his projects and code samples are available under open
source licenses on GitHub, BitBucket, NPM, CocoaPods, JQuery Plugin Registry, and
WordPress Plugin Repository.
Starting from 2015, he also runs an IT-oriented, web-focused blog at www.ryadel.com
featuring news, reviews, code samples and guides to help developers and enthusiasts
worldwide. Between 2016 and 2017, he wrote two books on web development: ASP.NET
Core and Angular 2, and ASP.NET Core: Cloud-ready, Enterprise Web Application Development,
with over 5,000 copies sold worldwide.
I would like to thank those who supported me in writing this book: my beloved and
beautiful wife, Carla, for her awesome encouragement and invaluable support; my
children, Viola and Daniele; my parents and my sister for always being there in times of
need; and my IT friends, colleagues, and partners working at Ryadel.com, Kapusons,
Teleborsa and Assirecre Group for their enduring friendship. A special thanks to Onkar,
Reshma, and all Packt Publishing folks who worked hard to bring this book to life. Last but
not least, I would like to thank you, the reader, for picking up this book. I really hope you
will enjoy it!
