Join me live on Saturday, February 12th at 10:00 PST on C# Corner Live for show #48 for a very special panel show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Microsoft .NET.

Send your questions for the panel by tweeting it to @RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions to: rockincodeworld@c-sharpcorner.com

Schedule

Introduction
The Panel: We will be discussing the past, present and the future of Microsoft .NET. The discussed:
- What was the first app they wrote in .NET.
- What they love most about .NET.
- What projects they are currently working on.
- Their thoughts on .NET 6 and Blazor.
- Advise they would give a young develper who comes from a non-MS background and have not tried .NET yet.
- What they see coming in .NET in the next 5 years and what they find exciting.
Wrap up: Everyone gets a free copy of CodeRush from DevExpress!

Video from the Show

The Panel

Scott Hunter: Director Program Management, .NET

Scott Hunter: Director of Program Management, .NET

Scott Hunter is responsible for the Microsoft’s .NET platform, which includes the .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, .NET Tools, Web Tools and the managed languages (C#, F# and VB).

Prior to leading the .NET Platform, Hunter helped the Azure Developer Experience team build the Azure SDK’s, App Service Tooling, Azure Redis Cache, Azure API Management, ASP.NET, Entity Framework and the Web Tooling.

In his spare time he loves hiking mountains in Washington State and around the world.

Carl Franklin: C# Dev, Azure Wonk, Blazor Warrior/Trainer, Musician, and Producer

Joseph Guadagno: Director, Technology at Rocket Mortgage

Joe Guadagno is a Director of Engineering at Rocket Mortgage, the nation’s largest mortgage lender based in Detroit, Michigan. He has been writing software for over 20 years, has been an active member of the .NET community, serving as a Microsoft MVP in .NET for more than ten years. At Rocket Mortgage, he leads five software development teams building and modernizing our internal services. He has spoken through the United States and international events on topics ranging from Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure, Ionic, Bootstrap, and many others. You can see the complete list at https://www.josephguadagno.net/presentations. When not sitting at a computer, Joe loves to hang out with his family and play games. When not playing games with the family, Joe is checking out the latest in Home Automation. You can connect with Joe on Twitter at @jguadagno, Facebook at JosephGuadagnoNet, and on his blog at https://www.josephguadagno.net

Steve “ardalis” Smith: Founder of NimblePros

Steve “ardalis” Smith is an entrepreneur and software architect, developer, and trainer. Steve’s firm NimblePros provides companies with the resources and training they need to deliver better software, faster, avoiding the trap of out-of-control technical debt. Steve has published many courses on Pluralsight, has written a number of books, and maintains dozens of NuGet packages. Find him online at ardalis.com or twitter.com/ardalis.

Carey Payette: Azure Architect @ Solliance

Carey Payette is a Senior Software Engineer with Trillium Innovations (a Solliance partner), an ASPInsider, Progress Developer Expert, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a Microsoft Azure MVP. Her primary focus is Cloud integration and deployment for the web, mobile, big data, AI, machine learning, and IoT spaces. Always eager to learn, you will find her tinkering regularly with various sensors, microcontrollers, programming languages, and frameworks. Carey is also a wife and Mom to three fabulous boys.