Reading Notes #57

 

Cloud

• How to Assess Costs of using Windows Azure for your Applications (Himanshu Singh) - Quick post about a windows paper that provide all the information on Azure usual monthly charges.

Check out the paper.

• Hands-on Windows Azure Services for Windows (Maarten Balliauw) - M. Balliauw is asking a good question, that I ears often: Why should I do this?
• Windows Azure Visio Shapes - Yahooooo! I never enough Visio shape... Thanks Buck Woody!
• Service Bus for Windows server, the new features - Good post that introduces the new features of the service Bus and explains them quickly.
• Cloud Cover – Episode 84 - Windows Azure Storage Updates and a Preview of the Client Storage Library vNext - As usual nice video (shorter than last time ;) ). It reviews the new features available in Azure Storage, and show a preview of the Azure Storage libraries that will be release soon.

Programming

• ASP.NET Web API and Azure Blob Storage (Yao) - Super tutorial that show step by step how to manage your Azure Blob Storage by code, by doing a nice helper class.
• The 5 thing to immediately grab from EF Open Source - Good post that point out some place where you can see good code sample.
• When do you need a 3-tier architecture? - Good question! And this post is trying to answer it.
• Building an Offline HTML5 Application - Great tutorial about a well-structured HTML5 application that will also works offline.
• Entity Framework 5 and 6 Roadmap - The list of interesting features of the EF5 and some that are planned for the version 6.
• Beyond Agile Estimation Part I: Measuring Key Data Points - Nice post that summarize how to use some keys counters in order to have a better estimation of the project delivery date.
• CloudSurvey (Nathan Totten) - Nice work. A great sample to see how things are done.
• WCF - Top 10 Interview Questions (Imran Abdul Ghani) - Excellent post and excellent revision of what is WCF. Short and clear.
• Exterminating Common jQuery Bugs (Elijah Manor) - Wow what a great video. It goes through all most frequent mistake we make, explain why it doesn't works and fix it. Take a look at the tool he is using. An open source (soon) presentation framework. Very nice!
• 10 Application Performance Tuning Tips - Nice tips, simple and efficient.
• So you want to contribute to EF? Part 1: Introduction (Arthur Vickers) - Excellent series not only to kwon more about how to contribute with the Entity framework (EF) but with any kind of open source project.

Miscellaneous

• 5 Ways to Think Wisely in Development (Dimitrios Kalogirou) - Nice post that expose 5 ways to be a wiser developer.
• Sitting is Making You Fat and Killing You - Nice warning post that explains why say sit for a long period is bad and gives some tips to improve our comfort.
• Who Are You Really Mad At? (Peter) - This is about a life lesson: Pause. And like in the post you will be reward.
• Time to stop reusing your passwords - Nice reminder of the reason why we shouldn't reuse our e-mail.
• Get The Most Out of Your Mornings - Nice post that explain how to you could use your mornings to add 280 hours in your year.
• Time Management Tips #3 - Three Wins for the Week (JD Meier) - Simple tips from the book Getting Results the Agile Way that will help you to have a better week.
• 10 classic mistakes that plague software development projects (Justin James) - Nice post that make me smiling. I challenge you to pass through the list without thinking: oh yeah that's so true...
• True Secret to Success (It's Not What You Think) (Geoffrey James) - Suggest a very simple mental exercise to make your day more positive.
• I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why. (Kyle Wiens) - I agree the grammar is really important, even if I’m not good as I want to be.
• 3 Interview Questions That Reveal Everything (Jeff Haden) - Nice post. I like the questions it's true that you should learn a lot from them even if the candidate is not "verbose".

~ Frank

Reading Notes #53

This post is an important milestone for this blog. It completes the first year of Reading Notes, since a year as 52 weeks and it’s also the 100th post!

Thanks for being there and continue reading, a lot of good stuff is coming…

~Frank

Cloud

• Cloud Strategy Begins with Value and Balances Risk (Microsoft Enterprise Team) - Nice post that help to identify risks. The information is display in tables that helps.
• Windows Azure Performance: Best Practices (Rick Saling) - Good reference to more detail video on the topic.

[…]great video of a presentation on Federations by Cihan Biyikoglu at the 2012 US Tech Ed conference in Orlando. […]

• Windows Azure PowerShell and Ruby Cloud Services - Great post where updating is RubyRole project the author make interesting discovery. Learn more about some new functionality available in the Azure SDK 1.7.
• Deploying Windows Azure Website using Visual Studio Web Publish wizard - Nice quick tip to use Visual Studio with the new Azure website.
• Data Series: SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machine vs. SQL Database - Great big post that cover every difference between those two Sql database. Perfect reading to stop being confuse.
• Windows Azure Websites, Virtual Machines, and More « Jonathan Rozenblit - Great! If you missed the conference at Toronto on June 20th this is your chance to catch-up. The full conference is available to watch by steaming or offline by downloading.
• 10 Questions to ask when Outsourcing to Azure (Surf4Fun) - Good questions.
• Data Synchronization using SQL Azure Data Sync (Félix Martínez Retama) - Nice post first of a serie. This one is illustrating few possible scenarios of synchronisation with Azure Data Sync.
• Data Series: Exploring Windows Azure Drives, Disks, and Images (BradCalder) - Amazing article that pass throut all details about Azure drive, disk, image and cache. A must to all cloud developer.
• New Article: Windows Azure Queues and Windows Azure Service Bus Queues (Valery Mizonov) - Very good article that perfectly summarises the content of the longer MSDN article about the difference between Azure queues and Azure Service Bus Queues. Simple easy to read and accurate.

[…]Following is the high-level technology selection considerations section from the full article on MSDN. […]

• Windows Azure - When do I use What? (Andrew Coates [MSFT]) - Nice quick post that demystify when it's the time to use a Azure website, webrole or a VM.

Programming

• JQuery 1.8 beta 1: See What’s Coming - Wow, a lot of things are coming with the next version of JQuery. This a good post to catch the big picture.

[…]new build system based on Ben Alman’s awesome grunt tool. […]

Miscellaneous

• Reminder, basic quick fixes for troubled gear - Nice check list for no-technical people of what they can do by them self before calling you to rescue when they computer/gadget stop working. ;)
• ScrumMaster Tales – Learning How to Estimate (Mark Levison) - Interesting post that relates the experience of an Agile team. Also refers some other post of that still.

~Frank

Reading Notes #37

Cloud

• Enableing gzip compression with Windows Azure CDN through Web Role (Avkash Chauhan) - Because compression is not supported by default here a nice tips about how to implement it.
• Working with SSL certificates on Azure and IIS7 (Iain) - Nice post where few "gotchas" are explained with their workaround/solution.
• Cloud Comments .net - Discuss about the new price drop of AWS and the lack of tools to help to calculate the cost, or to compare it with the usual on premise solution.
• Doing a Multi-Cloud Deployment of an ASP.NET Web Application (James Urquhart) - Great article that deploy a simple Asp.Net application in three different cloud environments: Azure, AWS, Iron Foundry then compare the effort.
• Announcing Reduced Pricing on Windows Azure Storage and Compute (Steven Martin) - A fantastic news! we can now have a instance 24/7 with a database for less than 20$.
• Moving SQL Azure Servers Between Subscriptions (R Syam Kumar) - It's now eaiser than ever to move a database between different Azure subscription. that all possible to a new feature that been add:Server Move in the database section. be aware that price may be different in each subscription.
• My Experience as a Developer at Startup Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) (Jason Haley) - Nice post about true experience at start-up weekend.
• Logging best practices - Good post to re-align our logging practice. What to log, or what to not.
• Using Cloud9 IDE to Deploy to Windows Azure - As usual nice show. this week is a lot about Node.js.

Programming

• How I work with Live Mesh, SkyDrive, and Office Live Workspace (Buck Woody) - Good post that explains one setup you can use to get your files synchronized and available on many device.
• How to access NuGet when NuGet.org is down (or you're on a plane) (Scott Hanselman) - Nice one... be sure to take note of this because when the network will be down... it will be too late.
• 10 web development concepts designers should know - Nice tips that apply more for designers but developers should found some of them really useful.

  [..] Beanstalk also have a brilliant guide to version control for those who are using it for the first time.[..]

• Maarten Balliauw {blog} (maartenba) - Nice short post on how you could "improve" your works with MyGet using less feeds.
• 3 Simple Things to Make Your jQuery Code Awesome (Joseph Zimmerman) - Great tips that will take only 5 minutes to read/ learn and that will save a lot of time and memories at runtime.
• Visual Studio Magazine (Eric Vogel) - This nice article explains clearly the strategy pattern by refactoring a simple scenario.

Miscellaneous

• Castle Death! A Dead Simple RPG for Kids and Parents, Part 2 (Chatty DM) - Part 2 of a series about Dad and son playing RPG.
• Castle Death! A Dead Simple RPG for Kids and Parents, Part 3 (Chatty DM) - Part 3 of a simple RPG game to be the best dad ever!
• Why I really love SCRUM - Nice post to learn more about Agile Scrum, the idea of icebox and pivot tracker, a nice tool.
• Dark Matter Developers (Scott Hanselman) - Nice post where some analogies between Dark Matter and some developer is made. Funny and true.

Frank

Reading Notes #36

Cloud

• Microsoft Private Cloud Part 1 - Nice first post of a series comparing Azure with private cloud. This one is more about being prepare to the real comparison and define what is private cloud.
• Windows Azure Storage and Concurrent Access (Larry Franks) - Known a to read/write in Azure Storage is not enough when doing multi-instance. Learn how-to manage this situation in this post.
• Cloud Needs Application Architects To Understand IaaS - Great post explaining how Amazon build the great platform they are and why it work.
• Come for the PaaS Functional Model, stay for the Cloud Operational Model - A really complete post about all those "things" that cloud provider are talking about and how it should be see by customer.
• Uploading Big Files in Windows Azure Blob Storage using PutListBlock - A really great tutorial to upload files in Azure Blob Storage. Two technics are presented with the code, pros and cons for each of them.
• Cloud computing and the “me versus you” problem - An interesting discussion about different cloud's structures and the pros and cons of each. Also a nice idea of what could be the future.
• SignalR powered by Service Bus (clemensv) - Nice post about using the SignalIR with Azure Service Bus, with all the reference you need to get started.
• If you're using Node.js, you're doing life wrong - A really specific opinion about Node.js. if thinking about picking this server... then should read that.
• Is uptime the wrong metric for cloud service-level agreements? - Really interesting thoughts about what more important for cloud SLA, elasticity or reliability?
• Full Version of AdventureWorks database for SQL Azure and and SQL Azure Federations - Now available the classic AventureWorks database for Azure SQL and Azure Federation. More advanced version is coming soon.
• Everything you need to know about Windows Azure Blob Storage including permissions, signatures, concurrency, … - Amazing post that contain really EVERYTHING on Azure blob storage. It's documented, well explain and complete.

  The only reason you would not be interested in the Windows Azure storage platform would be if you’re called Chuck Norris …

• A few things you should know about EC2 - Quick post about some less know EC2 facts.
• Azure deployment stuck Preparing node (ASP.NET Debugging) - Nice to know this tips can save a lot of time.
• Exploring Cloud Architecture - Nice article that present different cloud architecture to follow your cost/efficiency strategies.
• BizTalk in the Cloud, One Step Closer Part 1 (Jean-Paul Smit) - Great post (first part of series of two) that present the new interface of schemas and mapping in the new CTP release of Azure Service bus EAI and compare them to the BizTalk ones.
• BizTalk in the Cloud, One Step Closer Part 2 (Jean-Paul Smit) - A really great post that continue to pass all the functionalities of the new (still in CTP) Azure Service Bus EAI and making the correlation with the BizTalk equivalence.

Programming

• Mercurial vs Git: Why Mercurial? - Great posts series about source control. Because source control is so important, knowing why to pick git or mercurial is really important.
• WebAPI and Ninject (Shawn Wildermuth) - Nice trick with Ninject...as the author said easy when you know how to.
• JavaScript for C# developers: currying - Nice trick with Javascript to avoid copy/pasting code... looking forward to to the next part.
• PowerGUI 3.2 Released! – Everything is in the title... And it's a good news.
• Differences Between jQuery .bind() vs .live() vs .delegate() vs .on() (Elijah Manor) - Give a simple but very clear description, pros and cons of JQuery .bind, .live, .delegate and the new .on.

Miscellaneous

• The myth of the eight-hour sleep (Stephanie Hegarty) - Nice article talking about sleep and pattern.
• Castle Death! A Dead Simple RPG for Kids and Parents, Part 1 (critical-hits.com) - Another great dad's time with the great Chatty DM.

~ Frank

Reading Notes #32

Cloud

Let The Clouds Make Your Life Easier - Geek and poke

• Is VMware the new Microsoft in the PaaS World? - Nice post that talk about the story of .Net framework and Java. What they where, what they are and what there fighting for.
• 8 Essential Best Practices in Windows Azure Blob Storage - Great post explaining clearly 8 best practices when using Azure Blob Storage.
• Managing environments in a distributed, Azure, or other cloud based Visual Studio solution (Igor Papirov) - Nice Visual Studio solution structure, that once it's done could save a lot of time.
• an opportunity to get application security right - Nice post discussing about in the beginning of the Internet where enterprises didn't taken seriously the security menace. Today with a lot of people going to the cloud we shouldn't make the same mistake.
• Tips and Important Steps for Migrating Apps to Windows Azure - Great check list to move an application in the cloud. I would add to check if you need https at some point and take a look of your database collation.
• Taking specific Windows Azure Instance offline (Avkash Chauhan) - Those cmdlets are amazing. do what you cannot do with the management portal in only few line
• Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games Version 1.2.2 Released - Announce of the new release of the Toolkit with some explication about how-to get started with Github
• Before jumping into cloud, learn from the SOA experience - This post explain how having a service object architecture (SOA) could help to be more ready when moving to the cloud.
• Visual Studio Achievements - Remember Kids They're Just For Fun (View blog authority) - Achievements in Visual Studio... pros and cons.
• Handling two known issues with Windows Azure node.js SDK 0.5.2 (Avkash Chauhan) - Nice workaround to be able to debug with the Azure emulator when using node.js and to be able to deploy with a MongoDB enabled
• NougakuDoCompanion: A “Ruby on Rails” companion for Windows Azure (Avkash Chauhan) - Introduce a ruby companion package available on codeplex, it look nice.
• Amazon Web Services Blog - Amazon announce a new free product/feature the cloudWatch Metrics that will help to visualize how your part of the cloud is use.
• Utiliser SSIS pour pousser des données vers SQL Azure (Benjamin GUINEBERTIERE) - Good work explaining step by step how to use SSIS for a data migration.

  SSIS package needs an outbound access to port 1433

• The “NoSQL” Gene in SQL Azure Federations (Cihan Biyikoglu) - Great post. A bit old, but it explain a lot of key concept about the NoSql of the new Azure Federation.
• Windows Azure Storage Emulator Account Name and Key - Nice catch. how to manage the different credential of a "legacy" Azure application.

  Microsoft has provided the storage credentials for the local Storage Emulator on MSDN. Here’s a quick place to copy the default name and key: AccountName AccountKey

• Get Started with Node.js + Windows Azure: Resources - Everything you need to get started doing Node.js in Azure. A lot of reference: tools, IDE, database,etc..
• Cloud computing looks to be future of disaster management - A professor is building a system to be help the people to communicate in case of a disaster in the cloud.
• Using Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) from a node express app - A well done tutorial that explain all the steps to setup your Azure Access Control Service (ASC) in a Node.js environment.

  If you want to know how it works and how it was implemented read Implementing Windows Azure ACS with everyauth

• Cloud Cover Show - Episode 69 - SQL Azure Federations with George Huey – Recap of the news and discuss how to scale-out with SQL Azure Federations.

Programming

• Using oData with jQuery Hierarchical Grid - Good presentation of the grid control of NetAdvantage using jquery and oData.
• Even Better Git (and Mercurial) with PowerShell (Scott Hanselman) - Nice post, presentation great project using Powershell to leverage git and mercurial source control.
• 24 Extremely Useful Ruby Gems for Web Development - Great list of Ruby's Gems. I will definitely include Bundler in my list on tools to have.

  Bundler is a tool that manages gem dependencies for your ruby application.

• Explaining Include and Extend - Really good post. Go deeper then the usual.

  If you want a more details about what the interpreter is doing I recommend watching Patrick Farley’s talk on Ruby Internals.

Miscellaneous

• How the Kindle replaced my iPad...for book reading (Scott Stein) - I agree completely. When I try the eBook reader... I fall in love.
• Agile Results with Evernote (JD Meier) - Explain how to use EverNote as a simple folder/list structure to manage goals in the Agile Result method
• comment obtenir plus de clics avec vos tweets (Benoit Descary) - Some simple strategies to be more efficient when twitting(fr).
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs of Software Development (Scott Hanselman) - Nice Maslow's pyramid apply to development , event more because it do fit.
• Don't Get Me Started – Ring Around My Neck (David Platt) - A reflection about if thing have gone too far.

~Franky

Reading Notes #25

Cloud

• The SQL Azure Team Unveils a New Server Management UI (Roger Jennings) - Nice "face lift" of the SQL Azure user interface.
• Windows Azure Table Storage- Partition or Row key length is limited to 256 characters in Storage Emulator (Avkash Chauhan) - Point one of the difference between Azure emulator and the “real” cloud. Ref to the doc.
• 5 Reasons Why Startups Should Use OAuth (Ruben)- Learn easily some lessons that they learned the hard way.
• Defense giant ditches Microsoft’s cloud citing Patriot Act fears - The patriot act is THE big show stopper for a lot of companies. Here some cases.
• How to Authenticate Web Users with Windows Azure Access Control Service - Everything you need to use ACS. A well done demo doing step by step with screenshots.
• Improved Developer Experience, Interoperability, and Scalability on Windows Azure - All the novelties on azure.

  Service Bus usage is now free through March 2012.

• Cloud Computing Boosts Indian Technology and Economy (Irmee Layo) - This post summarize what could be the impact/influence of the cloud in our mid-future.
• Building Large Scale Elastic Database Tiers with SQL Azure - First step using a SQL Azure Federation. Good first dipping.
• Ubuntu Cloud Live Offers Private Clouds via USB Drive - Good idea. I always like Ubuntu. it could be nice to have quickly (and any ware) some virtual machine to test or do stuff...
• How to get rich in the cloud (David Linthicum) - Ah ah! It's not that trivial, but look like going to the cloud is a good move...
• Billing Model for Federations in SQL Azure Explained! - Well explain. Since the “talking” about federation databases started, I was looking for those answers.
• Cloud Computing: A New Paradigm - Nice post. The story never really change... just adapt.
• Understanding the Total Cost of Ownership for Cloud-based Software (Christophe Primault) - Offering flexible options kind of complicate the pricing. In this post learn what you must don't forget when planning your move. Azure provide also two greats tools: TCO and the calculator.
• Moving My Data To The Cloud - In this nice post the author explain how he moved all is different data (photos, data, music, games, etc.) to different cloud solution.
• SQL Database Federations: Enhancing SQL to enable Data Sharding for Scalability in the Cloud - Quick start to SQL database Federation.
• SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release - Nice recap of all the new features and pricing that just coming out.

Programming

• What’s the deal with mapping foreign keys using the Entity Framework? (Arthur Vickers) - With EF it is so easy to map relations. But is it a good or a bad practice? Should we do it?
• Design of a Domain Model - This article show the issue and difficulties that could give mapping foreign keys when using EF in a design domain model.
• Agile? You’re doing it wrong. (Timon Vonk) – Timon take the most common reason why people fail to be Agile and suggest solution.
• Building Apps with HTML5 – Desktop, Tablet, Phone !(Joe Stagner) - J. Stagner in is post express is opinion and goods questions about HTML5 and Microsoft.
• Just because you can test it doesn’t mean you should (Windows Live Tester) - Good post. it's sometime difficult to know what need to be tested and from where. Nice recap.
  

  A wise test lead once said to me, “Do as little as possible while still ensuring quality”.

• A short round-up of PowerShell Quick Reference Guides & Cheat Sheets - A well done cheat sheets.
• Decoding jQuery - Nice series. quick and clear.

Miscellaneous

• A comic book geek returns after twenty years away to a brave new digital world (Scott Hanselman) - Reading is always good, and fun. Discover more digital content with Scott Hanselman.
• Top 5 Ways to Kill Your Credibility (Geoffrey James) - After reading this, it may be a good idea to make a quick jump to your profile... Just in case.
• 9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money (Ilya Pozin) - My boss is evil... but I like that.
• Apps are too much like 1990's CD-ROMs and not enough like the Web (Scott Hanselman) – Scott explain what he think could be the next version of apps or web apps or does it make a difference...
• Munn and Done | How To Train A Developer - A lot of options to train a dev team are presented by the author.
  

  “If we didn’t like learning we wouldn’t be in this profession.”

~Franky

Reading Notes #23

 

Cloud

• Implementing 5 important principles of REST using WCF Services (Shivprasad koirala) - Good post about the REST base.
  
• My Application Platform Quotes (Nikosan) - List of what you will need to start with Azure high performance computing (HPC)
  
• The cloud giveth and the cloud taketh away - The cloud sometime is hard with us, here a example: www.theshallowsbook.com
  
• Connecting BizTalk with a mobile app using Azure Appfabric ServiceBus Queues, REST and WCF (Magnus) - Nice implementation of the AppFabric service bus queues in a integration application.
  
• SQL Azure Reporting Server – Windows Azure platform (sqlblog) - First step to use the Azure Reporting Server - Creation of a server. This post is the first one of a series, more to come.
  
• How to integrate a BizTalk Server application with Service Bus Queues and Topics (msdn.microsoft.com) - Learn what needs to be done so you can use Azure Service bus queues with BizTalk, in this very (and i mean very) well done and detailed post.
  
• Connection Modes (msdn.microsoft.com) - Good post explaining the many Azure Service bus connectivity options.
  
• Windows Azure Best Practices: Affinity Groups (BuckWoody) - Quick tips about affinity groups.
  
• Completing the Trip with AppFabric Queues - Part 2 of 2 on a quick demo playing with the AppFabric queues.
  
• Unable to find assembly references that are compatible with the target framework ‘Silverlight,Version=v4.0, Profile=WindowsPhone71′ (wadewegner.com) - Useful tips on a very easy to have issue with NuGet
• Cloud Cover Show: Episode 66 - Using Windows Azure Storage from the Windows Phone -  A nice walks through the NuGet packages: Windows Azure storage and Windows Phone.

Programming

• Software Disasters: Recovery and Prevention Strategies - Dollars spent in prevention are worth more than dollars spent in recovery.
• oData Binding for Navigation Controls (ASP.NET AJAX) - UI control that support oData binding with the usual Telerik quality... nice
• Binding to oData with jQuery Grid - The Infragistics version of a grid using oData.
• Method chaining and lazy evaluation in Ruby (Jeff Kreeftmeijer) - Nice post. Give some good tips about structure.
• How To Write Plugin in jQuery (Shakeel Iqbal | 28 Nov 2011 | Unedited contribution) - Yet another tutorial about creating a jQuery plugin. What is nice in this one is that is doing by iteration, starting with an empty plugin then adding bit of code to finish with some really great.

Miscellaneous

• Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 7 (Scott Hanselman) - A nice reminder…
• Chatty’s Dream Design Project - This is looking good as a coop pet project... It could use the last Azure social game SDK... any one?
• Repaving your PC: the easier way(maartenba) - Very smart use of chocolate and PowerShell... I will use it.

~Franky

Reading Notes #10

• Sync Framework Tips and Troubleshooting - Good tips.
• JavaScript  shuffling by sorting - Hum... Some people always found a new way to do stuff...
• Static Code Analysis and Code Contracts - Maybe a good alternative to Resharper...
• Learning about Progressive Enhancement - Supporting Mobile Browsers with CSS3 Media Queries – Lesson #1: A web site is a work in progress.
• Memcached-in-windows-azure - To get the full control of the RAM of your Azure VM you now have options.
• Azure FAQ: How frequently is the clock on my Windows Azure VM synchronized? - This is a good question when you're using log or that you're business is base on timing...
• The Technical Friend's Essential Maintenance Checklist for Non-Technical Friend's Windows Computer - A gooood check list to have.
• Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices – Brief update on toolkits for iOS, android and Windows phone.
• A User, an Account and SaaS – In witch trap did you fall into? A user is simple entity but it's easy to do it wrong.
• When Worlds Collide: HTML5 Meets The Cloud - two revolution start and they could work together...

 “HTML5 affects more than the front end and cloud computing affects more than the back end.”

• Scrum basics: The product backlog - A good post that explain what is Scrum method for none technical people. More post to come in this series.
• Analytics, Leasing, and More: Extensions to the .NET Windows Azure Storage Library – An update to the nice wazStorageExtension package. With code sample.
• The Importance (and Ease) of Minifying your CSS and JavaScript and Optimizing PNGs for your Blog or Website - Nice recapitulation. A lot of good tools and links.
• jQuery 1.6.3 Released – New version of the jQuery.

~ Franky

Lecture de la semaine #2

 

Cloud Cover Episode 23 - AppFabric Service Bus (vidéo)

Épisode très intéressante où le Service Bus est présenté avec un exemple simple. Plus d’information sur : https://portal.appfabriclabs.com et sur CodePlex. Il est possible de télécharger des exemples à partir de CodePlex ou avec Nuget. ref : http://goo.gl/fFY1F

 

Understanding Windows Azure AppFabric Queues (vidéo)

Une autre présentation sur AppFabric, axé sur les queues. ref : http://goo.gl/U3hhZ
 

Console2 - A Better Windows Command Prompt

by Scott Hanselman
Description d’une console « DOS Prompt » génial. ref : http://goo.gl/7AMqo

 

jQAPI - Alternative jQuery Documentation - For Version 1.6

Documentation très bien faite structurée, avec des exemples et permettant des recherches. C'est le même contenu que sur jquery.com mais le contenu formaté différemment et la recherche facilitée. ref : http://jqapi.com/
 

TFS merge tools configuration

Je chercher toujours d’une fois à l’autre « LA » configuration de KDiff dans Visual Studio, maintenant je ne chercherai plus. ref : http://goo.gl/dSGdM
 

Windows Azure MSDN How To tips in one place

Le titre dit tout… ref : http://goo.gl/BirT2

 

Code snippets on blogs, are you allowed to use them in your own work? No you can not!!

Je ne savais pas… maintenant j’en sais plus sur les “code snippets” et leur utilisation. ref : http://goo.gl/lPCUq
 

Tools For jQuery Application Architecture – The Printable Chart

Présentation sur jQuery, l’architecture des applications et les outils disponibles. Ref : http://goo.gl/cz46S
Aussi disponible un livre gratuit : Essential JavaScript Design Patterns 1.1 – A Free Updated Book For Beginners. Disponible ici : http://goo.gl/D98nR

~Franky

The Official jQuery Podcast – Episode 30

Blog » The Official jQuery Podcast – Episode 30 – Chris Coyier

Posted July 30th, 2010 by Ralph WhitbeckIn our 30th episode, we talk with Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks. Chris also works for Wufoo, an online form builder service.  Chris talks about his inspiration for writing for CSS-Tricks and we look at his jQuery snippets, freebies and screen casts.  We learn what Wufoo is and talk about the new API for Wufoo.  Chris shows us the new Wufoo jQuery API Wrapper and we talk about  the choice of putting the plugin on the jQuery namespace verses making it its own global object.  Finally, we talk about how designers and developers responsibilities are becoming more blurred as it evolves and changes.
You can subscribe to the show in iTunes or via the raw RSS feed or you can download the MP3.

Fenêtre de dialogue JQuery avec ajax

Un collègue m'a demandé de l'aider pour faire une fenêtre de dialogue pour une application web. Rien de plus simple avec JQueryUI, un simple .dialog() et... "Oui mais le contenu du dialogue doit être une page externe...".   Ah ah, voilà qui semblait compliquer les choses.

Normalement pour faire un dialogue c'est très simple:

   1: <div id="MyDialog">

   2:  <h2>Bravo!</h2>

   3:  <p>Vous avez affiché une boite de dialogue avec succès</p>

   4: </div>

   5: <script type="text/javascript">
   6:  $(document).ready(function(){
   7:   $("#MyDialog").dialog();  
   8:  });
   9:</script>

The Official jQuery Podcast – Episode 18 – Jeffery Way (Nettuts)

The Official jQuery Podcast – Episode 18 – Jeffery Way (Nettuts)
Posted April 2nd, 2010 by Ralph Whitbeck

The Official jQuery PodcastThis week we talked with Jeffrey Way. He is the editor of Nettuts+, and the Site Manager of ThemeForest and CodeCanyon. Jeffrey gives an overview of the Nettuts+ website and explains why their tutorials focus so much on jQuery and gives some examples of recent jQuery related articles.

We also announce the winner of the Nettuts giveaway for a free jQuery Conference Bay Area ticket. And that wasn’t the only thing we gave away this week either!

You can subscribe to the show in iTunes or via the raw RSS feed or you can download the MP3.

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