Shiju Varghese's Blog

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

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:27:45 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Azure SDK for Node.js 0.5.4 Released

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:14:58 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Azure Supports Voice and SMS Capabilities

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:06:18 GMT

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...(read more)

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:29:11 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Azure PowerShell for Node.js

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:59:28 GMT

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...(read more)

Using Node Package Manager in Cloud9 IDE

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:26:11 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:20:46 GMT

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...(read more)

EFMVC App Migrated to ASP.NET MVC 4

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:04:52 GMT

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...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta Released

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:44:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Reduces Prices on SQL Azure Cloud Storage

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:20:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tips and Important Steps for Migrating Apps to Windows Azure

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:20:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Startup Tasks for Windows Azure Roles

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:15:00 GMT

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,...(read more)

Visual Studio Enhancements in Windows Azure SDK 1.6 for Publishing Apps

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:39:37 GMT

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...(read more)

CQRS, Commands, Command Handlers and Command Dispatcher

Shiju Varghese's Blog — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:57:00 GMT

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...(read more)