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  • Composition vs Aggregation

    Composition and aggregation both are different forms of association. If an association is more like a 'is a' relationship, both of these are more like a 'has a' relationship. It is more like a whole/part relationship or an owner/owned relationship. For example, an automobile has an engine or the other way round, engine is 'a part of' an automobile. What's the difference?

  • Asp.Net MVC2 and Azure - Dallas Tech Fest

    It was great presenting at Dallas Tech Fest on Asp.Net MVC on Azure.  However, this is the dilemma I have to go through unfortunately still. In a show of hands before the talk starts I still find majority of the audience not knowing about either of the technologies. So, I have to make my talk more dynamic so that I don't keep the audience guessing. This usually takes the talk in a direction that is really good for most of them. However, for the ones who know both I always run short of time to cover everything I had. In this talk, it was fun explaining how the partitioning guidelines for Azure Table Storage. I shall blog about it soon as I had a good feedback about the guidelines and it was pointed out that my recommendations have not been made on the web by others. That will be my first web contribution since I have been contributing only through talks and want to start reaching out a wider audience.