Reading Notes 2013-08-05
You will find below different links to the blog or Web site which kept Matricis' bloggers interest during the week ending on August, 04th.
Cloud
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SQL Azure: Automated Database Export (Tara Shankar Jana) – Nice post that details all you need to know about the new Sql Azure Automated export: options, cost, etc.
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Cloud Service Fundamentals – Introduction into Fault-Tolerant Data Access Layer (AzureCAT) – Good post about the best practices.
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Service Bus Error: The maximum entity size has been reached or exceeded for Topic (Ravi Verma) – Quick fix for a common error message. Be aware of the Default life time value.
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Meter and Autoscale Multi-Tenant Applications in Windows Azure (Bruno Terkaly, Ricardo Villalobos) – Great article that explains how to setup diagnostics to be able to autoscale in a multi-tenant context. The article also refers different resources for more details and tools.
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Announcing the release of the Windows Azure SDK 2.1 for .NET (Scott Guthrie) – Learn more about all the enhancements and great new features inside this last release.
- Upload to Windows Azure (K. Dotchkoff) – Nice description of many patterns with their pros and cons. A post to read.
Programming
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Just released: MvcSiteMapProvider 4.0 (Maarten Balliauw) – Sitemaps is a great tool, learn more about it and how easy it is to add why in your project.
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Don't fear the shell… – "Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0" jumpstart series – Mostly everything can be done with PowerShell, here a great list of tutorials to get started…
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Get started with some basic TFBuild Scripts - Great post that will gives you a new image about build scripts.
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Securing a Web API with Windows Azure AD and Katana (vibro) – Very complete post and tutorial that explains what is OWIN and project Katana (both in preview), and how to use it.
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July 2013 Release of the Ajax Control Toolkit – This post details all the great new features in the last release of Ajax Control Toolkit. So many useful tools…
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GitHub Flow (Scott Chacon) – If Git-Flow is too much for you
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Keep your git repository clean and fresh (Sébastien Saunier) – Some git aliases to help you with such tasks.
Database
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Fragmentation in SQL Azure! (Dilkush-MSFT) – Wow, a really interesting post that goes deeper than usual and explains database fragmentation in Azure.
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Take Control – Windows Azure SQL Database Application Life Cycle Management Made Easy! (Alexandre Brisebois) – The SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is definitely a must for all projects with a database.
Miscellaneous
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When You Have Nothing Unique to Say… (Darren Rowse) – A little blogger's pep talk.
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5 Tips for Launching a Product On Your Blog Without Annoying Your Readers (Darren Rowse) – Great post where the author share is experience about a product launch and how do it «the right way».
These posts are from François Boucher, Sébastien Leclerc and are also posted on http://www.frankysnotes.com/2013/08/reading-notes-103.html.