About the Author

Alessandro Del Sole has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2008. Awarded MVP of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014, he is internationally considered a Visual Studio expert and a Visual Basic authority.

Alessandro has authored many printed books and e-books on programming with Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2015 Succinctly, Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed, Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed, and Visual Basic 2012 Unleashed. He has written tons of technical articles about .NET, Visual Studio, and other Microsoft technologies in Italian and English for many developer portals, including the Visual Basic Developer Center from Microsoft. He is a frequent speaker at Italian conferences, and has released a number of Windows Store apps. He has also produced a number of instructional videos in both English and Italian. You can follow him on Twitter at @progalex. Recently, Alessandro co-founded the Roslyn Academy, an online community that shares articles, videos, code, and experiences about the .NET Compiler Platform.