The Morning Brew #1331
Posted by Chris Alcock on Tuesday 9th April 2013 at 08:34 am | Tagged as: .NET, Development, Morning Brew
Software
- Windows Azure: Active Directory Release, New Backup Service + Web Site Monitoring and Log Improvements – Scott Guthrie announces the latest batch of updates to the Windows Azure Platform with the general release of Windows Azure Active Directory for Production use, a new Offsite Backup facility for Windows Servers, and improvements to Windows Azure Websites in terms of diagnostics and monitoring
- Azure Mobile Services Windows Store / JavaScript SDK – now also from NuGet – Carlos Figueira highlights the release of the JavaScript SDK for Windows Azure Mobile Services which can be used for Windows Store applications, and is easily added to your projects using NuGet
Information
- Walkthrough #1: Adding Sign-On to Your Web Application Using Windows Azure AD – Vittorio Bertocci shares a walkthrough and other related content regarding the newly ‘General Availability’ Windows Azure Active Directory, showing how single sign-on can be used in your web applications
- Windows Azure Active Directory Graph Service – Ready for Production & Differential Query in Windows Azure Active Directory Graph – The Windows Azure Active Directory Graph Team highlight the GA release, and discuss some of the changes to the graph which have been made in the GA release, as well as highlighting updated samples, and taking a look at Differential Queries
- Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home "Sample, Part 3: Authentication – Sasha Goldshtein continues this series looking at the build of a multi-platform mobile application using the Windows Azure Mobile Services, taking a look at how the services provide for user authentication
- Angry Birds of JavaScript: Orange Bird – Templating – Elijah Manor continues his web frontend architecture series with a look at templating, exploring how and why you should use it, and looking at underscore.js, Handbars.js, and highlighting some of the other templating libraries available.
- HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1 – Pavan Podila covers what I consider to be a vital subject for any web developer – having a good understanding of the basics of HTTP, exploring the concepts of URLs, Verbs, Status Codes, Headers, the Request Response pattern, data formats, and tooling to watch HTTP traffic.
- Try out ASP.NET Web API CORS support using the nightly builds – Yao highlights the availability of an implementation of CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) support in ASP.NET Web API, available now as a part of the Nightly builds of Web API, and in this post walks through its use.
- WebAPI Tip #8: Working with Tasks – K. Scott Allen continues his WebAPI Tips series with a look at the role of Tasks in Web API Message Handlers
- HMAC authentication in ASP.NET Web API – Piotr Walat takes a look at building HMAC authentication functionality in ASP.NET Web API, exploring the concepts behind HMAC and sharing an implementation
- 50 Ways to Avoid, Find and Fix ASP.NET Performance Issues: The Next Generation
– Michaela Murray highlights the plans for a follow up to ‘ 50 Ways to Avoid, Find and Fix ASP.NET Performance Issues’ a community sourced free eBook sharing 50 tips for ASP.NET performance, with submissions now open for a second edition
Chris,
Just FYI, the link to Piotr Walat’s discusssion on HMAC
Chris,
Just FYI, the link to Piotr Walat’s discussion of HMAC authentication is a dupe from TMB #1306 from 1/3/2013.