Lecture de la semaine #6

 

• A JavaScript Trick You Should Know - Nice tricks I need to remember this one... so simple!
• Why is the Cloud so important to software developers? - Nice post. Simple word that show you the picture
• Easily Add Performance Counters to Your MVC Application - Really nice post
  del.icio.us Tags: AppFabric,Tools,Azure,Cloud,video
  about using MVC filter tag to replace repetitive code. Great job!

“to read more about the filter attribute, see bit.ly/kMPBYB”
“The list of built-in MVC filters can be found here: bit.ly/jSaD5N”

• The cloud will have no impact on IT departments - Compare the madness of cloud computing to the introduction of Excel a few years ago.
• Using Moq to mock ASP.NET MVC HttpContextBase - If you never try Moq, this is a good sample to show how everything is easy.
• Developing a Windows Azure AppFabric Application (Windows Azure Team) - Part 1 of 2 steps to build a simple application using Windows Azure Appfabric application.
• Configuring, Deploying, and Monitoring Applications using AppFabric Application Manager - Part 2 of 2, well documented with a lot of screen shot how to bring and configure a Windows Azure Appfabric application.
• Does Size Really Matter? – This is absolutely not a technical article, more a geeky one. But AD&D is good stuff too! ;)
• Scripting vs. Coding vs. Programming - Ooooh I like this one. It’s a classic. What do YOU think?
• Tools and Techniques for .NET Code Profiling (MSDN Magazize - Toolbox) - A lot of good references on articles and tools. You should bookmark this one.

“Profiling Your .NET Code : bit.ly/dDXWsF”
“ - Guide to Improving Code Performance in .NET: Part I” by Satesh Arveti on C# Corner (bit.ly/gyImk9)
- Writing Efficient C and C Code Optimization” by Koushik Ghosh on Code Project (bit.ly/icnYEi)
- Writing High Performance .NET Code” by Juan A Rodriguez and Simonijt Dutta from Intel (intel.ly/fvweaP)”

• Evaluating jQuery Plugins for Use in your Projects - Some simples (but needed) requirements for a JQuery plugin to be interesting.
• 7 Blogging Statistics Rules (Scott Hanselman) - Nice post as usual. If I must say an one liner for this post I would say: “Blog for yourself and ... enjoy!”
• Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles (Maarten Balliauw) – I really good post again, that answer the question: Does Windows Azure is interesting for me?

“Deploy sites to Windows Azure in less than 30 seconds Enables deployments to multiple Web Role instances using Web Deploy Saves Web Deploy packages & IIS configuration in Windows Azure storage to provide durability A web administrator portal for managing web sites deployed to the role The ability to upload and manage SSL certificates Simple logging and diagnostics tools.”
“Installing the WAAWR is as easy as download, extract, buildme.cmd and you’re done.”

• Cloud Cover Episode 50 - Episode 51 - Builds an AppFabric Application and Web Deploy and the Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles.
• Getting Started with the Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles – Really nice, short a quick intro that show the big picture.
• Design Patterns,Practices and Techniques with the Windows Azure – This is a advanced video, but it contain everything.

~ Franky

Lecture de la semaine #5

• NOW AVAILABLE: Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles – Court post sur les particulirarités du nouveau Azure accelerator for web role (AAWR).
  
• Using a Local Storage Resource From a Startup Task – Conseils sur comment d'obtenir facilement le “ path ” du stockage local dans une “startup task” en utilisant PowerShell ou C #.
  
• Event Processing in the Cloud with StreamInsight Austin – Premième partie d’une série “HowTo” avec beaucoup de code et d’explication.

“In this post, I’ll show you how to build an Azure AppFabric adapter for StreamInsight.  In the next post, I’ll walk through the steps to deploy the on-premises StreamInsight application to Windows Azure and StreamInsight Austin.”

“You can find the source code here.”

• Announcing: SQL Azure July 2011 Service Release (Steve-Yi) – Soyez prêt et mettez à jour vos appplication pour la nouvelle mise à jour, tous les détails dans ce post.

“As the datacenters get upgraded, the version number of the database engine will increase, which will result in errors when connecting”

“we encourage you to immediately download and install the latest updates to the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) tools for managing your SQL Server and SQL Azure databases.  The links to get the latest updates available in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are:

• SQL Server Management Studio
• SQL Server Management Studio Express”

• Catch up on new features of Windows Azure in the past month (nirajn) – La plupart des “ features ” sont toujours en CTP mais ça donne le goût.
  
• OData Access to TFS  (blogs.msdn.com) – Beaucoup de référence et de chose à voir. Un “must” pour qui veut connaitre ou commencer avec OData.
  
• Improving the performance of your Coded UI tests (VSTS Quality Tools) - Quelques suggestions pour améliorer la vitesse exécution des tests UI.
  
• Hands on debugging an Azure application – what to do when it works locally but not in the cloud – Suivi d'un debuggage en utilisant Intellitrace et web deploy.

“…if you really want to debug and trace an Azure application you had better read this MSDN article which explains how to create custom debugging and trace agents and write logs to Azure storage.”

• The secret art of the tutorial - Quelques points à garder en à l'esprit quand on écrit un tutoriel.

 

~ Franky

Lecture de la semaine #3

• Marriage between BizTalk360 and Azure AppFabric Service Bus - Result: Birth of http://demo.biztalk360.com 
• Database Import and Export for SQL Azure – Le DAC framework m/rite une lecture et un suivi. Il permettra de bonnes choses, un whitepaper est disponible ici.
• Understand Azure AppFabric Service Bus Pricing – Très intéressant, avec des exemples simples, mais qui expliquent bien la facturation.
• Cloud Backup: Getting the Users' Backs Up – Que doit-on faire pour des copie de sauvegardes?  Le meilleur reste à venir, mais voici 2 solutions actuellement disponibles.

~Franky