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Connecting the Enterprise with Azure Event Grid and Serilog

Connecting the Enterprise with Azure Event Grid and Serilog

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.

Working with the Azure Storage REST API in automated testing

Working with the Azure Storage REST API in automated testing

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 to see what all the fuss was about.

Fun with Slack Commands using Azure API and Function Apps

Fun with Slack Commands using Azure API and Function Apps

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.

Running your Azure WebJobs with the Kudu API

Running your Azure WebJobs with the Kudu API

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.

Deploy your WebJobs projects with your Azure website using continuous delivery

Deploy your WebJobs projects with your Azure website using continuous delivery

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.

Integrate Stash with Slack via incoming webhooks

Integrate Stash with Slack via incoming webhooks

Online persistent chat is awesome! Ever since I joined my first IRC chat room, I was hooked. It's slash commands, people leaving/joining/collaborating, and it's always running

Continuous integration and delivery to Azure websites with Bamboo

Continuous integration and delivery to Azure websites with Bamboo

Fortunately for Azure developers, there are many great ways to set up continuous delivery (CD) to Websites. I use Bamboo CI server.

Use Raygun error tracking with your Debug and Trace code

Use Raygun error tracking with your Debug and Trace code

As we all know, exception handling is critical to every application's success. It's not a matter of if something goes wrong, it's how and when. However, it's one thing to trap an exception and another to get that information into an actionable format.

Streamline your TFS to Git migration with Gitflow

As a long-time TFS user and VSS user before that, what is most commonly referred to as centralized version control (CVCS) was all I knew.

Continuous Delivery to Azure Websites with git using custom deployment script

With Azure Websites, setting up Continuous Delivery (CD) of your code as it's committed is incredibly easy.

Migrate an existing project from TFS to Git with changeset history intact

Migrate an existing project from TFS to Git with changeset history intact

When I started searching on the topic of moving from my 2-year-old TFS repository on visualstudio.com over to a new git repository, I was mentally preparing myself for a struggle.

Automate Nuget pack and push using Grunt and Node.js

Automate Nuget pack and push using Grunt and Node.js

Automation is fun, even when it's simple. If it makes sense, I try to automate as much as possible in my professional and personal life.

Getting full text search up and running in 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.

I Heart Automation

I love automation. Automation allows me to manage a large number of applications, services, and infrastructure.

Dev tools I love, and you may too

Tools, tools, tools. I love them because they make my professional life more manageable and allow me to escape the mundane tasks that would otherwise require custom or manual solutions to accomplish.