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Business Continuity and Cloud Services in Azure

Business Continuity and Cloud Services in Azure

When we build (web) applications, we generally think a lot about the availability and reliability of those applications. That is one of the primary reasons why the "cloud" has been so great. Recently, I was tasked to find the best way to make a Cloud Service (if you&

Database Migration Scripts - Working with the database in a team

Database Migration Scripts - Working with the database in a team

So, you run your app, and you get an exception. Something with EF, or your SQL statements, but mostly, you can see something is wrong with the database (again). You shout across the room: "Did anybody touch the database?" and you hear the dreaded answer: "Yeah, I

Localization in ASP.NET 5 & MVC 6

Localization in ASP.NET 5 & MVC 6

ASP.NET 5 is a pretty revolutionary version - it's a complete rewrite, and an open source effort. They say that the reason for the ground-up redesign is the fact that the world has changed, and it has. We now have micro-services, on-premise servers that do not have

Deciding between Azure Web Apps and Cloud Service

Deciding between Azure Web Apps and Cloud Service

Recently, at a project, we had to decide which technology to use. So far, for most of the projects I've been a part of, that run on Azure, we've gone with Cloud Services. Obviously, each project had their own separate reasons. For example, when we rebuilt

Complex validation in MVC and web apps, using FluentValidation

Complex validation in MVC and web apps, using FluentValidation

Most projects require some sort of form input. And additionally, those form inputs need to be validated. For the validation, ASP.NET developers have a lot of options, but the default one is pretty good. That is the DataAnnotations [http://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/older-versions/mvc-music-store/mvc-music-store-part-6] . Those give

Cancel Conference: Web Apps with ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6

Cancel Conference: Web Apps with ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6

[http://www.cancel.si]Rok and I will be giving a talk about development of Web Applications using ASP.NET 5 (vNext) and MVC 6. > Come and talk to us, 29.9.2015, in Šempeter pri Gorici. The demos are now available [here](https://github.com/avodovnik/Cancel/).

Saying "no"

I wrote this post a couple of years ago. I think I even posted it here for a short time, then decided to remove it due to the potential bad connotation in regards to the projects & clients of my former team - even though it was not related. Still,

Repository and Services Pattern in a Multilayered architecture

Very often, when developers start learning a new technology (for example, ASP.NET), we do not take the time to properly structure the code. That is of course perfectly OK... However, as we progress in our career, it makes sense to understand better how to structure the code. There are

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