About the author

ANDREW LOCK graduated with an engineering degree from Cambridge University, specializing in software engineering, and went on to obtain a PhD in digital image processing. He has been developing professionally using .NET for the last seven years, using a wide range of technologies, including WinForms, ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.NET Web Pages. His focus is currently on the new ASP.NET Core framework, exploring its capabilities and deploying several new applications. Andrew has a very active blog at https://andrewlock.net, dedicated to ASP.NET Core. It’s frequently featured in the community spotlight by the ASP.NET team at Microsoft, on the .NET blog, and in the weekly community stand-ups, and recently earned him the Microsoft Valued Profossional (MVP) award.