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  • Using SignalR to broadcast a slide deck

    Using SignalR to broadcast a slide deck

    Dec 11
    06

    Last week, Ive discussed Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue). Weve seen that when building web applications, you often face the fact that HTTP, the foundation of the web, is a request/response protocol. A client issues a request, a server handles this request and sends back a response. All the time, with no relation between the first request and subsequent requests. Also, since its request-based, there is no way to send messages from the serv...

  • Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue)

    Techniques for real-time client-server communication on the web (SignalR to the rescue)

    Nov 11
    29

    When building web applications, you often face the fact that HTTP, the foundation of the web, is a request/response protocol. A client issues a request, a server handles this request and sends back a response. All the time, with no relation between the first request and subsequent requests. Also, since its request-based, there is no way to send messages from the server to the client without having the client create a request first. Today users expect that in their projects, sorry, experience...

  • Why MyGet uses Windows Azure

    Why MyGet uses Windows Azure

    Sep 11
    06

    Recently one of the Tweeps following me started fooling around and hit one of my sweet spots: Windows Azure. Basically, he mocked me for using Windows Azure for MyGet, a website with enough users but not enough to justify the scalability aspect he thought Windows Azure was offering. Since Windows Azure is much, much more than scalability alone, I decided to do a quick writeup about the various reasons on why we use Windows Azure for MyGet. And those are not scalability. First of all, heres a...

  • Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles

    Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles

    Jul 11
    13

    One of the questions I often get around Windows Azure is: “Is Windows Azure interesting for me?”. It’s a tough one, because most of the time when someone asks that question they currently already have a server somewhere that hosts 100 websites. In the full-fledged Windows Azure model, that would mean 100 x 2 (we want the SLA) = 200 Windows Azure instances. And a stroke at the end of the month when the bill arrives. Microsoft’s DPE team have released something very interesting for those situati...

  • A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications

    A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications

    Jul 11
    07

    After the Windows Azure AppFabric team announced the availability of Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (preview), I signed up for early access immediately and got in. After installing the tools and creating a namespace through the portal, I decided to give it a try to see what it’s all about. Note that Neil Mackenzie also has an extensive post on “WAAFapps” which I recommend you to read as well. So what is this Windows Azure AppFabric Applications thing? Before answering that question, le...

  • MyGet now supports pushing from the command line

    MyGet now supports pushing from the command line

    Jun 11
    01

    One of the work items we had opened for MyGet was the ability to push packages to a private feed from the command line. Only a few hours after our initial launch, David Fowler provided us with example code on how to implement NuGet command line pushes on the server side. An evening of coding later, I quickly hacked this into MyGet, which means that we now support pushing packages from the command line! For those that did not catch up with my blog post overload of the past week: MyGet offers ...

  • Creating your own private NuGet feed: MyGet

    Creating your own private NuGet feed: MyGet

    May 11
    31

    Ever since NuGet came out, Ive been thinking about leveraging it in a corporate environment. I'veseen two NuGet server implementations appear on the Internet: the official NuGet gallery server and Phil Haacks NuGet.Server package. As these both are good, theres one thing wrong with them: you can't be lazy! You haveto do some stuff you dont always want to do, namely: configure and deploy. After discussing some ideas with my colleague Xavier Decoster, we decided its time to turn our heads into...

  • A Glimpse at Windows Identity Foundation claims

    A Glimpse at Windows Identity Foundation claims

    May 11
    10

    For a current project, I’m using Glimpse to inspect what’s going on behind the ASP.NET covers. I really hope that you have heard about the greatest ASP.NET module of 2011: Glimpse. If not, shame on you! Install-Package Glimpse immediately! And if you don’t know what I mean by that, NuGet it now! (the greatest .NET addition since sliced bread). This project is also using Windows Identity Foundation. It’s really a PITA to get a look at the claims being passed around. Usually, I do this by putt...

  • Official Belgium TechDays 2011 Windows Phone 7 app released

    Official Belgium TechDays 2011 Windows Phone 7 app released

    Apr 11
    09

    I’m proud to announce that we (RealDolmen) have released the official Belgium TechDays 2011 Windows Phone 7 app! The official Belgium TechDays 2011 gives you the ability to browse current upcoming sessions, as well as provide LIVE feedback to the event organizers. Is the current session awesome? Let us know! Is the food too spicy? Let us know! Why am I blogging this? Well: one of the first sessions at the event will be Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, Windows Azure, jQuery, OData and RIA Servi...

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