About the Authors

Ugo Lattanzi

Ugo Lattanzi is a solution architect who specializes in enterprise applications with a focus on web applications, service-oriented applications, and all environments where scalability is a top priority.

Due to his experience in recent years, he now focuses on technologies like ASP.NET, Node.js, cloud computing (Azure and AWS), enterprise service bus, AngularJS, and JavaScript. Thanks to his passion for web development, Microsoft has recognized him as a Microsoft MVP for eight years in web technologies.

Ugo is a speaker for many important technology communities; he is a co-organizer of the widely appreciated Web European Conference in Milan. He has authored several books and articles, and has coauthored OWIN Succinctly and the previous editions of this book with Simone Chiaretta, both of which were published by Syncfusion.

When he’s not working, he loves to spend time with his children, Tommaso and Bianca, and his wife, Eleonora. He also enjoys snowboarding and cycling.

Simone Chiaretta

Simone Chiaretta is a web architect and developer who enjoys sharing his development experiences—including almost 25 years’ worth of knowledge on web development—concerning ASP.NET and other web technologies.

He has been an ASP.NET Microsoft MVP for eight years, authoring several books about ASP.NET MVC, including Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0; What's New in ASP.NET MVC 2; and Front-end Development with ASP.NET Core, Angular, and Bootstrap; all published by Wrox. He has also coauthored OWIN Succinctly and the first two editions of this book with Ugo Lattanzi, all of which were published by Syncfusion.

Simone has spoken at many international developer conferences and contributed to online developer portals like SimpleTalk. He cofounded the Italian ALT.NET user group ugialt.NET, and is the co-organizer of many conferences in Milan, including the Web European Conference.

When he’s not writing code or blog posts, or taking part in the worldwide .NET community, he is either training for or participating in Ironman triathlons, or lately, taking care of his newborn Marco.

He is currently one of many expats living and working in the capital of the European Union, Brussels.