About the Author

Simone Chiaretta (Milan, Italy) is a software architect and developer who enjoys sharing his development experience and more than 10 years' worth of knowledge on Web development with ASP.NET and other Web technologies.

He is currently working as a senior solution developer for Avanade, an international consulting company jointly owned by Accenture and Microsoft. Before working for Avanade, he worked for eight years as a Web developer and all-round developer for Esperia, a Web agency based in Milan, Italy, where he developed a CMS that still powers the AC Milan Web site. Then he decided to go to the place that is farthest from Milan: Wellington, New Zealand, where he worked for one year as chief software architect for Calcium Software Ltd.

He is a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET, and he has been involved in many open source projects, but now he focuses only on SubText to try to take it to the next level. He is also an active member of the Italian .NET User Group, cofounder of the UGIALT.NET user group, the Italian chapter of the ALT.NET movement, and a frequent speaker for community events throughout Italy.

Simone loves sharing his thoughts and knowledge on his blog at http://codeclimber.net.nz and, if you can read Italian, also at http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/piyo.

When not working or playing with technology, Simone tries to spend time with his wife, Daniela, climbing various kind of walls: ice-climbing, free-climbing, and alpine and mountain climbing. Additionally, he just ...

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