Pie in the Sky (October 5, 2012)
Welcome back to the end of the week! Just a handful of links this week, hope you find them useful.
Part 1 of 5: Introduction to Consuming Azure Mobile Services from iOS: Part 1 of a series by Bruno Turkaly about how to use Windows Azure Mobile Services from iOS. And, looking closely at Bruno's blog, he's also got a series about using Mobile Services from Android.
Windows Azure Roles recycling between Initialize... busy... status, while deploying the application with Azure Cache (Preview) feature: This post has a couple of tips for avoiding the dreaded "role recycling" problem with trying to use the Windows Azure Caching Service. (This post alleviated a huge headache for me this week.)
Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java – September 2012 Preview: Missed this last week: The MS Open Tech team released a preview of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java.
How-to: Download VMs From Windows Azure: If you create a VM and then make changes to it, this post will help you understand how to capture those changes in a new image.
TypeScript: JavaScript Development at Application Scale: "Today, we’re introducing a new programming language that...is a superset of JavaScript that combines type checking and static analysis, explicit interfaces, and best practices into a single language and compiler."
New open source options for Windows Azure web sites: MediaWiki and phpBB: MediaWiki and phpBB are now quick/easy installs in Windows Azure Web Sites via the Application Gallery.
JavaScript for Node Part 1: Enumeration: Enumerating through Object.keys in Node.js applications
Kirill Gavrylyuk and Josh Twist: Inside Windows Azure Mobile Services: Want to know how Windows Azure Mobile Services works? This is the video for you.
Have a great weekend!
- Larry