Scaling ASP.NET websites from thousands to millions–LIDNUG
Here’s the recent presentation made on LIDNUG on scaling ASP.NET websites from thousands to millions of users. The action starts at 0:02:05. Scaling ASP.NET websites from thousands to millions of users by Omar AL Zabir Here’re the slides. Scaling asp.net websites to millions of users ......
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04/02/2012 16:52:00
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Omar AL Zabir on things you don't find easily
C++ AMP open specification
Those of you interested in C++ AMP should know that I blog about that topic on our team blog. Just now I posted (and encourage you to go read) our much awaited announcement about the publication of the C++ AMP open specification. For those of you into compiling instead of reading, 3 days ago I posted a list of over a dozen C++ AMP samples. To follow what I and other son my team write about C++ AMP, stay tuned on our RSS feed. Comments about this post by Daniel Moth welcome at the original blog. ......
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03/02/2012 23:11:00
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QA: A Hillbilly Love Story
The hillbilly turned forty last weekend! I’ve been anticipating this giddily because now, I can be crotchety and people will still find me adorable. I hate QA. Hate, hate, hate, HATE, HATE, HATE it. I despise it so much, I … Continue reading ? ......
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30/01/2012 21:34:15
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The new OpenEverything organization
OpenRasta has been there for many years, and is the most widely used alternative framework for ReST applications. OpenWrap has been there for a year and a half, and has some usage for advanced users wanting a nicely-architected package manager … Continue reading ? ......
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30/01/2012 11:51:44
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TechDays in Belgium and Netherlands
I’ll be presenting at the upcoming Belgium and Dutch TechDays next month. I’ll be doing three tech talks at each of the events: Overview of Windows Azure A look at ASP.NET MVC 4 ScottGu Unplugged I’m particularly excited about the “A look at ASP.NET MVC 4” talk as it will be the first time I’ve presented on it (and it is shaping up to a really great release – more blog posts on that soon). For more details on how to attend the event visit the Belgium Techdays and Dutch Techdays websites. Hope to see some of you at the conferences! Scott P.S. In addition to blogging, I use ......
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30/01/2012 05:30:47
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Mythical man month : 10 lines per developer day
The mythical book, Mythical man month quoted that no matter the programming language chosen, a professional developer will write in average 10 lines of code (LoC) day. After a bit more than 6 years of full-time development on the tool NDepend I’d like … Continue reading ? ......
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23/01/2012 11:12:39
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Review – Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML 5 and Node
I rarely review books however the past few years there’s a few gems I’ve found in my REST travels that I have felt compelled to review. Mike Amundsen’s new book on hypermedia is one such work. Note: This review is a … Continue reading ? ......
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22/01/2012 06:17:11
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Getting Started with Windows Azure
This is the second in a series of posts I’m doing on Windows Azure – which is Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform. In today’s post I’m going to cover how to sign-up and get started with Windows Azure using a no-obligation 3 month free trial offer. This free trial costs nothing and doesn’t obligate you to buy anything at the end of it. It provides an easy way to try out and get started with Windows Azure. Windows Azure Website The http://www.windowsazure.com web-site provides everything you need to get started with Windows Azure – including overview content, developer tutorials ......
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20/01/2012 02:24:32
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TDD/BDD as Architectural Tools
InfoQ has made another of my DevTeach talks available online – TDD/BDD as Architectural Tools. Enjoy! TDD/BDD as Architectural Tools As architects, we have all experienced the folly of BDUF (Big Design Up Front) – spending weeks or months perfecting … Continue reading ? ......
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19/01/2012 17:55:22
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HTTP is not a transport protocol, HTTP is not RPC
Preamble: The intent of this post is to educate on how HTTP was designed to be used , clarify misconceptions and to give folks food for thought on different ways they can design a system. It is not to ignite … Continue reading ? ......
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19/01/2012 07:46:24
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AppEngine Thoughts, or “How to support a cloud”
AppEngine has new pricing as of November 7 which has generated much discussion, most of it as exciting as deciding which wine to serve with raccoon (answer: dandelion). So with the segue established, I shall pontificate on what I believe … Continue reading ? ......
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16/01/2012 20:05:44
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Use tasks you have to do around the house to improve your development skills
A somewhat unorthodox and non-traditional suggestion I admit, but as Brad Meltzer often asks: “This may seem unlikely, but go with me on this…” How many times have you had to build that piece of furniture from Ikea, install window blinds, … Continue reading ? ......
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16/01/2012 18:43:14
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Windows Azure
As some of you might know, I’ve spent much of my time the last 6 months working on Windows Azure – which is Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform (I also continue to run the teams that build ASP.NET, core pieces of .NET and VS, and a bunch of other products too). I’m pretty excited about where we are going with Windows Azure – it is going to enable a number of great new scenarios for developers. Over the next few months I’m going to be blogging a lot more about it – and I’ll cover both what it provides as well as how you can easily take advantage of it as developers. Learn Windows Azure ......
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16/01/2012 06:35:57
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WebAPI Developer Preview 6: Self Hosted Mode Example
In case you missed it, the WebAPI Developer Preview is up to version 6. The CodePlex site provides all of the information you need to get started. To illustrate how to build a simple WebAPI, this example uses ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading ? ......
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13/01/2012 13:40:20
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“Unplugged” LIDNUG online talk with me on Monday (Jan 16th)
Jan 16th Update: An audio recording of my talk can be listened to here. This coming Monday (Jan 16th) I’m doing another online LIDNUG session. The talk will be from 10am to 11:30am (Pacific Time). I do these talks a few times a year and they tend to be pretty fun. Attendees can ask any questions they want to me, and listen to me answer them live via LiveMeeting. We usually end up having some really good discussions on a wide variety of topics. Any topic is fair game: technical, strategy, community, college basketball, etc. You can learn more and register to attend the online event for free ......
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12/01/2012 05:08:00
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A brief overview of type system metadata in various languages
So given that a class that is nothing more than a data bag. After all, each object is just a bag of dict’s which are pointers to some byte array some place. What can we introspect about the byte array … Continue reading ? ......
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11/01/2012 22:58:41
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HTTP tour: Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen.
I’ll be touring the north of Britain from the 18th of January with two talks: HTTP caching 101 and Links, forms and Unicorns. The details are at http://www.gep13.co.uk/blog/?p=609 so if you’re interested in HTTP or/and ReST, do come along! ......
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11/01/2012 18:52:49
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What are you going to do differently this year?
Imagine you are lost in the middle of a magnetic storm. You glance at your compass, but the needle rotates furiously. You take some steps in one direction, then you change your mind. Where are you going? You notice something you’ve seen before and you suddenly realize you’re just walking in circles. How would you [...] ......
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11/01/2012 13:10:12
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Claudio Perrone's Monologues
Non-trivial and real-world feedbacks on writing Unit-Tests
I began writing tests around 8 years ago and I must say this revolutionized my way of developing code. In this blog post, I’d like to group and share several non-trivial feedbacks gained over all these years of practicing real-world … Continue reading ? ......
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10/01/2012 19:02:25
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Thank you CodeBetter, and my new blog
I’ve had a great 7 year run at CodeBetter, but I’ve decided to start my own little blog at http://jeremydmiller.com (RSS is http://jeremydmiller.com/feed/). Thank you to Brendan and everybody I’ve met through the CodeBetter community over the years for a great experience. … Continue reading ? ......
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10/01/2012 14:20:17
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