by Arra Derderian
11. August 2010 07:33
I attended a discussion tonight on Windows Azure and ASP.NET MVC with Azure. All around it was a great learning experience for someone who is so accustomed to building applications using ASP.NET and IIS. The main point I learned was that MVC is an alternate route to take when building websites rather than a replacement for ASP.NET form style development. MVC had some cool features like:
- Ability to easily display the same data models using different views.
- Strongly typed objects being posted to a page that can easily be accessed.
- Enhanced security on literals being posted and displayed on a page.
- Built in validation including client side validation being synced with server side.
- SEO optimization built into URL's.
Windows Azure is what I really wanted to learn about and I was able to get a good idea of how the new cloud computing model works. I plan on getting a project up and running as soon as possible. Azure has a local "Fog Cloud" development fabric that allows you to easily debug your cloud projects which is great. You begin by adding the Azure SDK or if you have Visual Studio 2010 it comes with it. Once I get going on this and attend the information session on Sept.23 I will be sure to give a good writeup on Azure.
Lastly, it is definitely time to purchase a new laptop with Windows 7, .NET 4.0, and Visual Studio 2010 because all the new features looked great. If your looking to quickly get a development environment up and running you can get all the free tools in one place
here.
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