Mark Price
Author at Freelance
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Price is a veteran Microsoft-focused author, trainer, and developer with over three decades of hands-on experience in .NET and C#, and a track record of producing best-selling, editioned books such as the Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals series. A former Microsoft Certified Trainer and Subject Matter Expert who wrote official Microsoft courseware in Redmond, he blends deep platform knowledge with practical teaching—having delivered training worldwide and authored companion code repositories for multiple .NET releases. Now a full-time author and freelance developer in Brighton, he continues to ship up-to-date sample applications across .NET versions (evident in active GitHub repositories supporting his books) and maintains a rare combination of prolific certification (80+ exams) and classroom-tested pedagogy. Beyond coding, his background in screenwriting and mathematics education adds a creative and analytical edge to technical storytelling and curriculum design.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons, Computer Science, BSc Hons, Computer Science at University of BristolPGCE, Mathematics, PGCE, Mathematics at The Institute of Education, U. of LondonMEC Certification, Mathematics Enhancement Course, MEC Certification, Mathematics Enhancement Course at University of East LondonCertificate, Screenwriting, Certificate, Screenwriting at Vancouver Film School
Github Skills (13)
net10
asp-net10
csharp10
sql10
dotnet-core10
database-design9
filesystem9
file-management9
console-application9
entity-framework-core8
web-application7
nuget7
sqlite7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
markjprice/cs10dotnet6
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Repository for the Packt Publishing book titled "C# 10 and .NET 6 - Modern Cross-Platform Development" by Mark J. Price
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 466 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Mark appears to be involved in the development and maintenance of backend code within the C# and .NET 6 environment. The commits contain initial SQL script and schema setup, suggesting involvement in database design and integration. The code diffs also reveal modifications to C# files.
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markjprice/cs9dotnet5
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Repository for the Packt Publishing book titled "C# 9 and .NET 5 - Modern Cross-Platform Development" by Mark J. Price
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 162 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the solution code for a book on C# 9 and .NET 5 development, as evidenced by the initial commit and subsequent updates. Their work involved modifying code examples, particularly in the areas of C# syntax, and implementing solutions for various chapters. They also added SQL scripts for setting up the Northwind database and made changes to the project structure and dependencies.
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