Foreword

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Alessandro for many years, ever since I started my career at Microsoft. The first time I ever heard from Alessandro was through my blog contact form, and we have collaborated on community content and activities ever since. Not long after he published his first article on MSDN, Alessandro was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his exceptional community leadership and technical expertise. It’s always fun working with Alessandro and to see his excitement and passion for the developer community, something we both share.

When Visual Studio LightSwitch was announced and the first beta released back in August 2010, Alessandro was right onboard creating a LightSwitch Tips & Tricks community modeled after his successful Visual Basic Tips & Tricks forums and blogs. His passion for Visual Studio LightSwitch is as strong as his passion for Visual Basic. Alessandro aims to make programming easy, fun, and productive, just as we strive to do on the Visual Studio LightSwitch team. It was an honor for us to have Alessandro as one of our community rock stars and LightSwitch advocates so early on.