Futures

Hosting an ASP.NET 5 site in a Linux based Docker container

By Maurice de Beijer

Note: This post is based on ASP.NET 5 Beta8, the samples might not work for you anymore Docker has becoming a popular way of hosting Linux based applications the last few years. With Windows Server 2016 Docker containers are also coming to Windows and are likely going to be a popular way of hosting there as well. But as Windows support is just in CPT form right now and ASP.NET is also moving to Linux with the CoreCLR I decided to try and run an ASP.NET web site on a Linux based container.   Getting started with an ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading Hosting an ASP.NET 5 site in a Linux based Docker container

DotNed podcast: Laurent Bugnion over de toekomst met Silverlight 5, Windows 8 en de MVVM Light Toolkit

By Maurice de Beijer

In deze podcast spreekt Thomas Huijer met Laurent Bugnion over zijn TechDays presentaties. Ze hebben het onder meer over de toekomst van Silverlight 5 en het ontwikkelen voor Windows 8 en met web technologieën. Uiteraard hebben ze het ook over de zeer populaire MVVM Light Toolkit vab Laurent. Links: TechDays presentaties: http://www.techdays.nl/SprekerDetail.aspx?cid=2245 Blog: http://blog.galasoft.ch/ MVVM Light Toolkit: http://mvvmlight.codeplex.com/ http://dotned.nl/PodCasts.aspx?id=31

HTML5 and Device API’s

By Maurice de Beijer

Last week the question of HTML5 and sensors came up. This wasn’t really strange as we where talking about the HTML5 GeoLocation features and using the, optional, GPS is just one device or sensor you might want to use. It turns out the W3C has a Device APIs Working Group working on this problem. They are working on a whole range of interesting devices like: Battery Status API Contacts API HTML Media Capture Media Capture API Network Information API Sensor API Vibration API Calendar API MediaStream Capture Scenarios And more..   The Sensor API covers a group of others AmbientTemperature    … Continue reading HTML5 and Device API’s

HTML5 slides and demo code

By Maurice de Beijer

Below is are the links to the slides and demo code from my HTML 5 presentation I did yesterday evening at the DotNed user group meeting hosted by 4DotNet in Meppel. Slides (Dutch language) Code   The slides are also on SlideShare here.   HTML5 (Dutch) View more presentations from Maurice Beijer   Enjoy! [f1] [f2]

Getting Started with WCF and Rest Services recording

By Maurice de Beijer

The recording for the webinar I did on October 4th about getting started with REST services and the WCF Web API is available on the DevelopMentor website. You can watch the video stream from here or download the file, even in mobile format, from here. And besides this screencast there are a lot of other interesting videos to watch there   Session abstract In this session Maurice de Beijer will show you how to get started building REST services. He will explain how REST embraces the strengths of HTTP to create very scalable services. He will show how REST services … Continue reading Getting Started with WCF and Rest Services recording

What’s New in Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.5 (part 3)

By Maurice de Beijer

This is the 3rd post about what is new with Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.5 as announced at the //build/ conference. See also part 1 about the designer enhancements and part 2 about the other runtime enhancements.   This 3rd post is about one of the biggest missing pieces which is versioning workflows. To understand why this is so painful at the moment it is important to remember that workflow instances often run for a long time. And that is not just a long time in computer terms, like a few minutes, but a long time in human terms … Continue reading What’s New in Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.5 (part 3)

What’s New in Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.5 (part 2)

By Maurice de Beijer

During the last //build/ conference a number of new WF4.5 features where announced. In part 1 I took a look at the designer improvements, in this blog post I am going to take a look at some of the runtime enhancements.   New activities. As part of WF 4.5 we will see some new activities in the box. The number isn’t earth shattering but as I always tell people WF activities are all about your business and Microsoft can’t create activities tailored to your business, you need to do so yourself. One useful new activity is the NoPersistScope. Not that … Continue reading What’s New in Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.5 (part 2)

Getting started with REST services and the WCF Web API

By Maurice de Beijer

You can download the demos and slides from the “Getting started with REST services and the WCF Web API” webinar. Slides Demos   Or watch the slide on SlideShare here.   Don’t forget about part 2 on “Building rich HTML 5 clients using REST services” on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT   Enjoy! [f1] [f2]