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.
433 articles from this blog
A developer shares first impressions of a Windows Phone 7 prototype, highlighting UI features, syncing, and noting missing apps.
How to install and use the MvcSiteMapProvider library for ASP.NET MVC 2 projects using the NuPack package manager in Visual Studio 2010.
An article on designing cost-effective applications for Windows Azure, focusing on the unique financial considerations of cloud computing.
Slide deck presentation on running PHP applications on the Windows and Azure platforms, from a tech conference session.
Slides and code from a 2010 Remix session on building and deploying a Silverlight application to Windows Azure cloud platform.
Explains how to use Windows Azure Diagnostics with PHP to collect and analyze logs, traces, and performance counters from cloud applications.
Microsoft announces Windows Azure Companion, a tool for deploying popular PHP applications like WordPress to the Azure cloud platform.
Announcement for a free, online Windows Azure conference with three technical tracks covering high-level concepts to deep technical sessions.
A developer shares their experience reducing comment spam on a BlogEngine.NET blog by configuring built-in spam filters like Akismet and StopForumSpam.
A review of the book 'Refactoring with Visual Studio 2010', focusing on its practical coverage of design patterns and OOP principles.
A guide to exposing an on-premise database to Azure applications securely using OData and the Azure AppFabric Service Bus.
A technical guide on using Windows Azure AppFabric Labs' Access Control Service for simplified, claims-based authentication across multiple identity providers.
Announces the release of MvcSiteMapProvider 2.1.0 for ASP.NET MVC 2, detailing new features, bug fixes, and extensibility points.
Explains how to implement dependency injection in ASP.NET MVC 3 using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF).
A quick review of ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1, highlighting new features like the Razor view engine and dynamic ViewData support.
Overview of SQL Azure Project 'Houston', a browser-based Silverlight tool for managing SQL Azure databases, including its features and limitations.
Announcing the release of MvcSiteMapProvider 2.0 for ASP.NET MVC, a dynamic sitemap provider with new features and extensibility.
A case study on using Windows Azure's autoscaling and cloud services to handle massive traffic spikes for a sports event timing website.
Explains how to implement extension methods in PHP, similar to C#, to add methods to existing classes without modifying them.
A slide deck presentation on managing and optimizing applications within the Windows Azure cloud environment, covering diagnostics, role communication, and scaling.
