When you have to deal with sql migration from your existing database or your schema file to SQL Azure, you need to be aware the SQL Azure limits and deal with them manually or you can save time by use Azure migration tool. One of the tools is on codeplex @ http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/
Reduce SQL Azure Cost
When you build your Azure applications, make sure your Azure applications and your SQL Azure database in the same datacenter. It will improve the performance as well as Microsoft does not charge bandwidth for the communications within the same datacenter.
Legal Name For Azure Queue Storage
One of the common issues when you develop with Azure is the name that you can use for your Azure storage queue. While it is perfectly fine to use UpperCase letters for blob or table storage, you will get “One of the request inputs is out of range” if you try to use UpperCase letters
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Online JSON Viewer
While I was working on some service development and I need to test quite a few JSON data objects, I found an online JSON viewer that was quite helpful to convert your JSON string into collapsible nodes like an xml editor and it also reformatted your JSON string into an indented viewable presentation from your
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Tiling Your Web Page With Arrangeable Div Containers
The following technique allows you to fluidly tiling your web page to the width and height of the browser. The idea is to combine CSS layouts and jQuery UI script. The parent container has to be set with some height so that the child container can expand and fill up the parent container (i.e. in
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Add New SQL Azure Login And Assign Access
I played with SQL Azure and ASP.NET Membership Provider yesterday by trying to create a database in SQL Azure and to create a ASP.NET login for accessing the new membership database. The online SQL Azure documentation was not really clear how it can be done step by step. At first, I created a login in
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PluralSight Courses
Feel exuberated after two days digging in PluralSight courses. Managed to completed 4 courses in HTML5, ASP.NET MVC 3, CSS and Javascript. Some stuff covered I already knew, but going over PluralSight materials really helped me strengthen my skills and knowledge in these topics. Visual presentation and demos really have upper hands than books.
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Dissecting Web API Project Template
Web API project template is similar to any other ASP.NET MVC project templates, except it is only available with ASP.NET MVC4 framework. To create a Web API project, you will need to have Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC4 framework installed. You select the ASP.NET MVC 4 for your new project, then select Web API
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ASP.NET Web API
Heard a lot of great stuff with ASP.NET MVC 4. One of the new stuff in MVC 4 is Web API. Just downloaded the new framework today and I am going to play with it. More to come on the topic of ASP.NET Web API. For those who does not where to look for, here
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