NServiceBus 4.0 Released! – Udi Dahan announces the release of NServiceBus 4.0. This release brings RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ support in addition to the usual MSMQ, as well as support for using database tables as queues, and lots more. Udi also highlights the Hands on Labs which give you access to a virtual environment with NServiceBus set up, and allows you to evaluate and learn about it interactively.
Introducing Storage Client Library 2.1 RC for .NET and Windows Phone 8 – The Windows Azure Storage Team announces the release candidate release of the Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.1 for .NET and Windows Phone, supporting async task based API methods, IQueryable support against table service, buffering and performance improvements, new blob APIs and much more.
New open source releases: Reactive Extensions (Rx) libraries for Python and Ruby – Brian Benz announces the latest open source releases from Microsoft Open Technologies, Reactive Extensions for Python and Ruby, allowing these languages to make use of the reactive programming style which started out as a Microsoft Research project.
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Scaling Up and Scaling Out in Windows Azure Web Sites – Byron Tardif discusses in some detail the options available to you to scale your Windows Azure Websites hosted applications, looking at the various restrictions and SLAs, along with the new auto scale features
Unit testing is out, Vertical Slice Testing is in – Sebastien Lambla discusses his current feelings on testing applications, and how he has moved to testing vertical slices of an application (VEST) to ensure applications actually work from a more user focused point of view.
Seven nuances when working with X.509 certificates in .NET – Paul Stovell shares his experiences working with X.509 certificates to enable secure communication between the components of Octopus Deploy, with a number of useful lessons to learn when dealing with anything certificate related.
What’s New in IIS 8.5? – Robert McMurray highlights some of the new features included in Internet Information Services 8.5, sharing links to more detailed information on each feature
