Another one of my favorites!..Everytime i need to serialize an object i end up surfing the web to get the correct code(who wants to reinvent the wheel!!) Also most of the time i don’t want to “save” the object on the filesystem but just in memory so my code will focus on saving and reading […]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Bulb Flash:- Few tips to Reduce Cost and Optimize performance in Azure!
Applications deployed on azure are meant to 1. Perform better at 2. Lesser cost. As a software developer its inherently your job to ensure this holds true.. Here are a few pointers to keep in mind when deploying applications on Azure to make sure your clients are happy:-) Application Optimizations Cloud is stateless , so […]
Creating An “Extensible” Consolidated Social Networking Platform in WPF using MEF
One of my recent projects was on Social Networking where we worked with various social networking sites like WL, Facebook, Delicious, Twitter ,Picassa, Flickr etc to bring them to a common platform for a user. It was a pretty interesting application and i’ll try to demonstrate multiple WPF patterns we implemented in it. One was […]
Azure:- What Azure Offers and what exactly does “Compute” mean?
An architect always has the tough job of convincing the client that the solution deployed is “optimum” under the given constraints!!. Especially when it comes to Azure where there is a constant Cost vs Compute fight!!. Got this excellent diagram from the Windows Architecture Guidance which illustrates what you get when you create an Azure […]
Bulb Flash:- Remember the restrictions in Azure!!
Was collating all sorts of size restrictions for tables, blobs etc but found this really useful post by Cerebrata which has the exact info i wanted to collate!! Another useful blog by them is on the differences between Dev storage and cloud storage…will help prevent frustrating moments while going uphill the learning curve!! Thanks Cerebrata!! […]
Location Based Applications in Silverlight Using Bing Maps!
Going to the headquarters of Microsoft..Redmond is every developers dream…so the first time i happened to go there i was truly overjoyed!!. I tried my best to describe the entire town to my family and friends but pictures were never enough…and then came in Bing Maps…now they can virtually (pun intended:-)) walk the streets of […]