Maarten Balliauw is a cloud and web development expert specializing in .NET, C#, Microsoft Azure, and application performance. Frequent international speaker and Head of Customer Success at Duende Software.
438 articles from this blog
A technical guide on implementing dynamic, MVC-style routing for WCF services to support route parameters like {customerName}.
A guide to implementing automatic single sign-on for WordPress on IIS7 using Windows Authentication and a custom plugin for Active Directory users.
Explains how to use Windows Azure Traffic Manager for geographic distribution and high availability of cloud applications, with failover strategies.
Announcing the beta release of Windows Azure SDK for PHP v3.0.0, featuring a management API, improved logging, and DateTime object support.
Slides and demo code for a talk on integrating ASP.NET MVC 3, MEF, and NuGet to create loosely coupled, easy-to-use architectures.
Announcement of the official Windows Phone 7 app for Belgium TechDays 2011, built with Silverlight, Azure, and jQuery.
A guide to manually deploying PHP applications to Windows Azure with a custom, lightweight setup, including creating package templates and configuration files.
A technical guide on implementing auto-scaling for PHP applications on the Windows Azure cloud platform, including certificate setup and a CLI tool.
A technical guide on programmatically scaling .NET applications on Windows Azure using management certificates and a custom command-line tool.
Announcing new Windows Azure CDN features, including using hosted services as origin and HTTPS support for secure content delivery.
Explains the cost benefits of dynamic scaling for cloud applications on Windows Azure, with a focus on optimizing instance usage.
A guide on integrating Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service for federated authentication in the Orchard .NET CMS.
A developer expresses gratitude for community votes that secured their speaking slot at the MIX11 conference in Las Vegas.
Announcing the release of MvcSiteMapProvider 3.0.0 for ASP.NET MVC 3, detailing new features and availability.
A guide on integrating the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) with ASP.NET MVC 3 using the MefContrib library and NuGet packages.
Author seeks votes for their ASP.NET MVC 3 and MEF session proposal at the MIX11 tech conference in Las Vegas.
A tutorial on creating a custom Twitter widget for the Orchard CMS, including setup, module creation, and widget development.
A tutorial on integrating jQuery Mobile with ASP.NET MVC to build mobile web applications using existing web development skills.
Explores using Templify and NuGet to automate repetitive setup tasks for new ASP.NET MVC projects, saving time and effort.
A developer's 2010 year-in-review, highlighting top ASP.NET MVC blog posts, open-source contributions, and conference presentations.
