About the Author

Joydip Kanjilal has won a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in ASP.NET. He is a speaker and author of several books and articles. He has over 18 years of industry experience in IT, with more than 12 years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip is currently working as a Principal Architect at SenecaGlobal IT Services Private Limited, Hyderabad. He has been selected as an MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight (MSDN) a number of times and has also been a Community Credit Winner at www.community-credit.com several times. He has authored the following books:

  • ASP.NET Web API: Build RESTful Web Applications and Services on the .NET Framework by Packt Publishing
  • Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Six-in-One by Wrox Publishers
  • ASP.NET 4.0 Programming by Mc-Graw Hill Publishing
  • Entity Framework Tutorial by Packt Publishing
  • Pro Sync Framework by APRESS
  • Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours by Sams Publishing
  • ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials by Packt Publishing

He has authored more than 250 articles for some of the most reputable sites, such as www.msdn.microsoft.com, www.code-magazine.com, www.asptoday.com, www.devx.com, www.ddj.com, www.aspalliance.com, www.aspnetpro.com, www.sql-server-performance.com, www.sswug.com, and so on. A lot of these articles have been selected at www.asp.net, Microsoft's official site on ASP.NET.

He has years of experience in designing and architecting solutions for various domains. His technical strengths include C, C++, VC++, Java, C#, Microsoft .NET, AJAX, WCF, web-based APIs, REST, SOA, design patterns, SQL Server, operating systems, and computer architecture.

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