Shiju Varghese's Blog

Building a Simple REST API using Node.js with MongoDB and Mongoose

2012-05-19T12:27:45Z

In this post, I will demonstrate how to build a simple REST API using Node.js with NoSQL database MongoDB. This demo app will be using MongoDB object modeling tool Mongoose to connecting with MongoDB from the Node app. This demo app is a very basic level API app without following any better practices and mainly created this sample demo for demonstrating Node.js and MongoDB using with Mongoose Node package. Node.js for building REST JSON API Node.js is a very powerful platform for building highly...(read more)

Windows Azure SDK for Node.js 0.5.4 Released

2012-05-14T06:14:58Z

The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js 0.5.4 which will be using the Node.js 0.6.17 and iisnode 0.1.19. The Node.js 0.6.17 contains a security fix against the HTTP Server Security Vulnerability detected by recently. It would be recommended to upgrade to the new version of Azure SDK for Node.js if you have already deployed any Node.js app to Windows Azure which will provide better security. The iisnode 0.1.19 provides iisnode.yml file instead of XML based...(read more)

Windows Azure Supports Voice and SMS Capabilities

2012-05-04T07:06:18Z

Windows Azure is now supports Telephony and SMS capabilities to the apps hosted in Windows Azure by using the Twilio API. Twilio is a third-party service that provides a cloud-based telephony service which allows to add scalable, reliable voice and text messaging capabilities into you apps. Using Twilio's native libraries for Java, PHP and .NET , developers can build telephony enabled web apps hosted on Windows Azure in which we can make and receive phone calls and SMS messages from phones...(read more)

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac

2012-04-01T09:29:11Z

In this post, I will demonstrate how to use Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac in an ASP.NET MVC 4 app. The new ASP.NET Web API is a great framework for building HTTP services. The Autofac IoC container provides the better integration with ASP.NET Web API for applying dependency injection. The NuGet package Autofac.WebApi provides the Dependency Injection support for ASP.NET Web API services. Using Autofac in ASP.NET Web API The following command in the Package Manager console...(read more)

Windows Azure PowerShell for Node.js

2012-03-20T07:59:28Z

The Windows Azure PowerShell for Node.js is a command-line tool that allows the Node developers to build and deploy Node.js apps in Windows Azure using Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Using Windows Azure PowerShell for Node.js, you can develop, test, deploy and manage Node based hosted service in Windows Azure. For getting the PowerShell for Node.js, click All Programs, Windows Azure SDK Node.js and run Windows Azure PowerShell for Node.js, as Administrator. The followings are the few PowerShell...(read more)

Using Node Package Manager in Cloud9 IDE

2012-03-14T09:26:11Z

NPM - Package Manager for Node.js npm is a package manager for node that is run through command-line interface. It can use it to install and publish your node programs. npm manages dependencies for an application.Node packages are represented as package.json files. The npm is a very similar like NuGet package manager for .NET. Using npm, you can quickly find node packages, download them, install them, and manage packages you have already installed. Cloud9 IDE supports Node Package Manager With Cloud9...(read more)

Building and Deploying Node.js Apps to Windows Azure using Cloud9 IDE

2012-03-08T10:20:46Z

In this post, I will demonstrate how to building Node.js apps using Cloud9 IDE ad deploying Node.js apps to Windows Azure from the Cloud9 IDE. Cloud9 IDE is a cross-platform, browser-based development environment for JavaScript and Node.js apps which is integrates with GitHub and BitBucket repository services. Cloud9 IDE is the most popular developer tool among the Node developers. Since Cloud9 IDE is working and running on the browser, developers can work from any OS platform. Using...(read more)

EFMVC App Migrated to ASP.NET MVC 4

2012-03-01T07:04:52Z

I have upgraded my EFMVC app from ASP.NET MVC 3 to ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta. EFMVC is a demo web app initially built for demonstrating ASP.NET MVC and EF Code First. Now I am planning to add more features onto EFMVC and want to add cloud specific features with Windows Azure. You can expect more implementations in future releases. The current migration does not contains any major code changes. I have added a Windows Azure web role and will add some cloud specific features on later. The migration process...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta Released

2012-02-17T14:44:00Z

Microsoft has announced the availability of ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta. You can get the all details on ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta at http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc4 . The greatest new feature of ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta is the addition of ASP.NET Web API which lets the developers to build REST based services which can be easily consume from variety of clients including browsers and mobile devices. These HTTP services are ideal for clients which are building by using Ajax and following a highly responsive UI. For more details...(read more)

Microsoft Reduces Prices on SQL Azure Cloud Storage

2012-02-16T14:20:00Z

Microsoft has reduced the price of SQL Azure storage which will greatly attract customers to migrating their apps to Windows Azure. The newly announced price of SQL Azure decreases 48 percentages to 75 percentages of cost from the previous cost. The new price details are given below GB Previous Pricing New Pricing New Price/GB Total % Decrease 5 $49.95 $25.99 $5.20 48% 10 $99.99 $45.99 $4.60 54% 25 $299.97 $75.99 $3.04 75% 50 $499.95* $125.99 $2.52 75% 100 $499.95 * $175.99 $1.76 65% 150 $499.95...(read more)

Tips and Important Steps for Migrating Apps to Windows Azure

2012-01-29T11:45:00Z

The following are the few important steps and tips for migrating ASP.NET apps to Windows Azure. Convert the ASP.NET application into a Web Role project. Verify that the application is running correctly in the development environment. Make sure that your application is 64-bit compatible since Window azure is a 64-bit environment. Since Window Azure Web Roles runs on IIS7 Integrated mode, make sure that your web application does not have any issues with running on IIS 7 Integrated mode. If your web...(read more)

Building a Windows Azure App using Azure Queue, Azure Table and ASP.NET MVC Web Role

2011-12-01T18:20:00Z

In this post, I will demonstrate a Windows Azure app using Azure Queue, Azure Table and a ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Role application. This post is explaining few initial steps for building a demo Azure app where asynchronous commands (write operations that changes the data) put into Azure Queue and an Azure Work Role will persist the data into Azure Table from Queue messages for the read operations. The source code is available from http://azurehack.codeplex.com/ .The demo application will modify and add...(read more)

Startup Tasks for Windows Azure Roles

2011-11-23T12:15:00Z

Windows Azure supports startup tasks that can be use to perform operations and install components before your Azure Role starts on Virtual Server. You can use to startup tasks to install other software, register COM components, setting registry keys, start another process, etc. This is very useful in many situations where you might want to running an initialization scripts, execute batch files and PowerShell scripts etc before your Role starts. In the past, I had used a startup task to install ASP...(read more)

Visual Studio Enhancements in Windows Azure SDK 1.6 for Publishing Apps

2011-11-22T14:39:37Z

The new Windows Azure SDK 1.6 is providing many enhancements including a better experience for publishing Windows Azure applications using Visual Studio. To publish an application onto Azure, do the following steps. First right click on the Azure project from Visual Studio and Select Publish. The below publish window will show. When you run the publish wizard for the first time, you must download your credentials from Windows Azure portal. Choose the Sign In To Download Credentials link...(read more)

CQRS, Commands, Command Handlers and Command Dispatcher

2011-10-19T02:57:00Z

In this post, I am trying to add some CQRS principles onto my EFMVC project. Please keep in mind that this is not the implementation CQRS patterns, but trying to add some CQRS flavors on the Solution Architecture with Commands that changes the data (Create, Update and Delete). The current implementation of command execution is implemented in a synchronous way. CQRS CQRS is stands for Command-Query Responsibility Segregation that is a principle of separating commands (that change the data) from queries...(read more)