Shahid Shaikh is an engineer, published author, and a blogger. He has written tons of tutorials on Node.js and various databases on his blog. He is a believer in open source and almost all his source code is on GitHub. He has also developed and launched a SaaS product called Spark to handle content sharing automation. Currently, he is building a next-generation email marketing tool called Hashmailer.

I would like to acknowledge my parents for supporting me throughout the book-writing phase. I had to work on weekends and cancel lots of plans to deliver the chapters on time, and my family and friends canceled various things because of me and supported me while I was writing the book, which I am very thankful for.

Kasam Ahmed Shaikh is a seasoned professional with a 'could be' attitude with 10 years of determined industry experience with one of the leading IT companies in Mumbai, India. He is a certified Azure architect, recognized as C# Corner MVP. He is also a speaker, and has written a book on Azure cognitive services. He is also the founder of DearAzure.net and Shaikh Academy.

Very first, I would like to thank Almighty Allah, my family, and in particular, my better half for motivating me throughout the process. I am very thankful to Packt Publishing for believing and considering me for this opportunity.

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