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
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.
A presentation at Linuxwochen Austria covering how to set up and run PHP for development on the Windows operating system.
Slides from a 2010 VISUG session on building rich web applications using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery as an alternative to Silverlight.
Recap of TechDays 2010 Portugal sessions on running WordPress on Windows Azure and integrating PHP with Silverlight, including presentation links.
A technical guide on creating and mounting Windows Azure Drives for PHP or Ruby applications using a custom .NET HTTP module.
A technical overview of running PHP applications on Windows Azure, covering scaling, storage, and SQL Azure with sample code.
A guide and demo session on migrating an existing ASP.NET application to the Windows Azure cloud platform, covering hosting, storage, and SQL Azure.
A developer builds an FTP server bridge to access and manage Windows Azure Blob Storage, allowing file operations via standard FTP clients.
Explains the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) using a shed-building analogy, focusing on its core concepts: export, import, and compose.
A presentation on developing and deploying PHP applications on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform, including slides and sample code.
Introduces Sharpy, an ASP.NET MVC view engine using Smarty syntax for cleaner, designer-friendly templates with extensibility via MEF.
A technical guide on using Windows Azure Drive (X-Drive) to mount a page blob as an NTFS drive for cloud applications.
A PHP developer shares insights from porting WordPress to Microsoft Azure, covering the PHP SDK, SQL Azure, and challenges faced.
Explains how to implement localized, translated routes in ASP.NET MVC and WebForms for better SEO and user experience.
Announcing the first public release of PHPMEF, a PHP port of the .NET Managed Extensibility Framework for application composition.
A tutorial on creating an externally accessible TCP endpoint for a Worker Role in Microsoft Azure, including code examples.
