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Tips and Important Steps for Migrating Apps to Windows Azure by shiju

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

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...
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Startup Tasks for Windows Azure Roles by shiju

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,...
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Visual Studio Enhancements in Windows Azure SDK 1.6 for Publishing Apps by shiju

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...
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Commands, Command Handlers and Command Dispatcher by shiju

In this post, I am trying to add some CQRS principles onto my EFMVC project. EFMVC is a small web app for demonstrating ASP.NET MVC and EF Code First. Please keep in mind that this is not the implementation CQRS patterns, but trying to add some CQRS flavors...
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EFMVC 1.0 Preview Released by shiju

A while ago, I have released EFMVC , a demo web app built using ASP.NET MVC 3, EF Code First and Unity. The EFMVC app has demonstrated many architectural patterns and practices such as Generic Repository, Repository pattern, Unit of Work pattern, Dependency...
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Removing EdmMetadata table in EF Code First by shiju

EF Code First Framework is using a table named EdmMetadata on the database to check the current model is compatible with the database. When your model is changing, you need to drop the database and create a new database. In that scenario, you can add...
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Autofac - My Choice of IoC Container by shiju

I have been using Unity for dependency injection since the early days of ASP.NET MVC framework. Recently I have evaluated other IoC containers and really impressed with Autofac. The next version of my codeplex project EFMVC will be use Autofac as IoC...
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ASP.NET MVC 4 Enhancements to Default Project Templates by shiju

The ASP.NET MVC 4 provides an additional project teamplate for Mobile Web Application. The new Project dialog is shown below The project templates that are used to create new ASP.NET MVC 4 projects have been updated and provide a nice and modern looking...
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ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview Released by shiju

Microsoft has announced the availability of ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview. The following are the some of the new features of ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview. Mobile Project Template based on jQuery Mobile Enhancements to Default Project Templates Recipes...
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