Architect. Author. Consultant.

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About Me

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Hi there, I'm Kevin. I'm a freelance solution architect, author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium). I've been working in the IT sector for more than 20 years, and my main focus these days is backend (API) architecture & security for web and Azure cloud applications, in .NET. I regularly speak at (inter)national conferences, I'm a Microsoft MVP and have been for more than 10 years, and I'm a keen proponent of open-source software.

Also: wine.

My Courses

I've been creating high-rated online video courses on topics I encounter in my life as a consultant for over 10 years, totalling almost 50 courses & counting. You can find my courses on Pluralsight and Dometrain.

A few course highlights on Pluralsight:

ASP.NET Core Web API Fundamentals

In this course you'll learn how to build an API with ASP.NET Core that connects to a database via Entity Framework Core from scratch.

Securing ASP.NET Core with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

Learn how to secure your ASP.NET Core web applications and APIs with today’s de facto standards: OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.

Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Core Blazor

This course will teach you how to secure your Blazor application using a variety of best practice techniques for authentication and authorization.

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A few course highlights on Dometrain:

Vertical Slice Architecture

The vertical slice architectural style boils down to organizing your code in vertical slices instead of in the more traditional horizontal or concentric layers. It's a natural fit for web apps and APIs. In this course you'll learn all about it.

Getting Started: Azure for Developers

As a developer these days, you have to know Azure, as you're bound to run into it in your day-to-day job: cloud computing is a given. In this course, you'll learn the basics of Azure, which every developer should know about.

Boosting Developer Productivity with AI

AI holds tremendous potential and moves ahead at breakneck speed. Learn how to use GitHub Copilit to you increase your productivity as a developer straight from within Visual Studio.

Buy or watch these courses and more over on Dometrain

Code and Sessions

I enjoy sharing what I know, so whenever possible I put my code on my GitHub. There's currently about 100 repositories with code samples publicly available. Part of that sharing commitment comes in the form of talks: I regularly speak at (inter)national conferences and user groups, and the code & sessions slides of those talks can also be found on my GitHub.

Contact and Availability

You can contact me via kevin.dockx@gmail.com.

I currently do not have availability to take on additional projects.

To stay in the know on new and upcoming courses and sessions, you can follow me on (X) or (BlueSky). I don't use X for active conversation anymore, so BlueSky is the advised channel.