Expanded
Building Apps with Azure Mobile Svcs, SignalR, MVC, Win 8 and WP8
By Colin Melia
Getting started converging Windows Azure Mobile Services, Windows 8, Windows Phone, MVC and SignalR.
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Feb 13, 2014
Duration
1h 52m
Table of contents
Windows Azure Mobile Services and Windows Store App
Intro to Windows Azure Portal
2m
Creating a Windows Azure Mobile Service
4m
Exploring the Service
3m
Using SSMS to Connect to Service Database
3m
Using the Connected Sample Windows Store App
5m
Exploring the Windows Store App Project
9m
Re-purposing the Windows Store App
7m
Testing the Windows Store App
3m
Windows Azure Mobile Services and Windows Phone App
Introduction
2m
Recap
2m
Creating a Windows Phone App for Use with Azure Mobile Services
3m
Enhancing the Service and Re-purposing the App
4m
Adding Push Notifications and Testing URL Registration
10m
Connecting Windows Store App Actions to the Windows Phone App
5m
Summary
1m
JavaScript to Azure Mobile Services via MVC, Web API and EF
Introduction
1m
Technology Usage
2m
Creating the ASP.NET MVC4 Application
2m
Brief Overview of the MVC Pattern
4m
Adding the ASP.NET Web API Service
2m
Using Entity Framework to Connect to a Windows Azure SQL Database
6m
Using jQuery and JavaScript to Get Data via Web API
4m
Summary
1m
Adding Live Updates With SignalR
Introduction
2m
Technology Use
1m
Solution Recap
2m
Overview of SignalR
4m
Adding a SignalR Hub
4m
Connecting a Web Page to a SignalR Hub
3m
Creating a Controller to Expose Update via the SignalR Hub
3m
Publishing the MVC application to Windows Azure Websites
4m
Connecting Windows Azure Mobile Services to the SignalR Hub
4m
Summary
1m
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Feb 13, 2014
Duration
1h 52m
Description
This course demonstrates how several technologies can be brought together to form the basis of a solution for real-world retail scenarios, including Windows Azure Mobile Services, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Azure Websites, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery and SignalR.
About the author
About the author
Colin Melia is a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft MVP for Silverlight known as an architect, trainer, speaker and author with deep and broad knowledge of the latest Microsoft technologies, proven problem solving skills, hands-on solution creation ingenuity and the ability to communicate rich and complex ideas.