Istvan Novak is a freelance consultant working with technology-enthusiast agile teams. He also acts as a software architect and community evangelist. In the last 20 years, Istvan participated in over 50 enterprise software development projects. In 2002, he co-authored the first Hungarian book about .NET development. In 2007, Istvan was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) title; in 2011, he became a Microsoft Regional Director. As the principal author, he contributed to writing the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Six-In-One book (Wiley, 2010) and Beginning Windows 8 Application Development (Wiley, 2012). As a rabid fan of the ZX Spectrum retro-computer, he created several open-source emulators and IDEs for this superb machine using C#, TypeScript, and WebAssembly. István holds a master’s degree from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, and has a doctoral degree in software technology. He lives in Dunakeszi, Hungary, with his wife and is a proud father of two adult daughters. He is a passionate scuba diver and long-distance runner.