Azure
In all companies, large and small, there is no One app to rule them all. The reality is that there are often dozens, sometimes hundreds, of apps/services/tools/etc that we use to help ourselves or to provide services to our clients.
Reviews
I had a great time getting my yearly injection of the future as Microsoft sees it. The Azure, The Windows, The AI, and The .NET all got The Love. Azure even received the coveted day one keynote slot, so from my perspective, we got right to the good stuff.
DevOps
Testing! Every developer's favorite topic :). For me, if I can save time through automation, then I'm interested. Automated testing for a developer typically starts with unit tests, which, even if you don't subscribe to TDD, you've written at least one of them
Slack
In this example, I'm using an Azure API app with Easy APIs enabled (formerly mobile services...but better) and the preview version of the Azure Function app.
Reviews
There was a lot of information to ingest at BUILD this year. Whether you're working with Xbox, Azure, Windows, or even Linux containers, I would find it surprising that there wasn't at least one announcement that touched your development universe.
Azure
I have a love-hate relationship with the Azure portals. Some days it's fast and lets me do exactly what I want; other days, like today, I want more control over how my stuff runs.
Azure
After sifting through posts, docs, and Stack Overflow, I finally set this up using the same MSBuild process I'm using for Continuous Deployment today.
DevOps
Fortunately for Azure developers, there are many great ways to set up continuous delivery (CD) to Websites. I use Bamboo CI server.
Azure
Kudu is all around great tool if you're using Azure Websites. It will not only build and deploy your code from git, but it also provides a lesser-known web interface available on every azure website
Reviews
I had a great time at BUILD this year. As far as significant announcements go, this had to be one of the biggest in recent memory.
Azure
With Azure Websites, setting up Continuous Delivery (CD) of your code as it's committed is incredibly easy.
Azure
For those that have apps running in Azure using Azure SQL databases, you'll notice one major feature missing. There is no full text search capability.