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Patterns for Cloud Computing

Topics
Cloud Computing,
Architecture,
.NET

Simon Guest presents 5 cloud computing patterns along with examples and Azure solutions for scaling, multi-tenancy, computing, storage and communication.

Using SketchFlow to Create Better Prototypes

Topics
Artifacts & Tools,
Design,
Customers & Requirements,
User Interface,
Architecture

All good developers use some kind of prototyping as a communication channel to customers. Simon Guest of Microsoft introduces a new technology from Microsoft, SketchFlow, and shows how it could be useful to developers as well as the primary audience of designers. The discussion covers coverage (WPF and Silverlight), functionality, workflow, prototyping, and documentation.

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Microsoft releases Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS

Topics
Mobile,
Architecture

Following on from the recent release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft announced on May 9, 2011 that they were making available a version for Apple’s iOS, and planning to release an Android version within the next month.

jQuery Mobile Alpha 4 released, with support for Windows Phone 7

Topics
Mobile,
Architecture

The jQuery Mobile team has released Alpha 4 of their cross-platform mobile framework. Positioned as the last Alpha release before Beta, in addition to resolving many issues since Alpha 3, this new build also ships with several new features.

Microsoft releases Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

Topics
Cloud Computing,
Mobile,
.NET

On Mar 23, 2011, Microsoft announced the availability the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7. The toolkit, downloadable from CodePlex, installs as a Visual Studio 2010 extension, and is designed to make it easier for developers to build applications on Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices that interact with Windows Azure.

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) – What Developers Can Expect

Topics
Mobile,
Architecture

On Jan 26th, Google released a developer preview of the much talked about Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system. Since then, developers have been able to preview the new release through the AVD (Android Virtual Device) Manager, which is shipped as part of the SDK.