Not All That Returns JSON is RESTful: Understanding HATEOAS Paid Members Public
Though REST has been around for a very long time, it never came into highlight as RPC/SOAP was what used commonly when building services, abstracting away all the goodness of the underlying protocol(mostly HTTP) and building messages over it, to perform client-server communication. HTTP, an Application layer protocol
Configuring Unity Container: Comparing Code and Xml Configuration Side by Side Paid Members Public
Setting up dependency containers from code is very easy, but not at all the same when done using a configuration file. The project that I am currently working on uses xml configuration for Unity container and I did struggle mapping certain dependencies, so thought of putting this up. To start
ASP.NET Web API and External Login - Authenticating with Social Networks Paid Members Public
The ASP.NET Web API project created from the default template in Visual Studio 2013 comes with an option to choose the Authentication method. The 'Individual User Accounts' option of authorization will allow users of your API to authenticate using exisitng their exisitng social networks(Facebook, Twitter, Google
Waking up Early is All About Waking up to an Alarm Paid Members Public
I have always been the 'early to bed' type of person, and my day mostly ends by nine-thirty in the evening. But the 'waking up early' part was not as 'strict' as the going to sleep part. I have always struggled to wake up
Static Generator is All a Blog Needs - Moving to Octopress Paid Members Public
Wordpress is what that has been powering my blog for sometime and it definitely is a blogging engine to get started with ease. But with time, I have been noticing that the load time is very high and there are a lot of plugins in the processing pipeline, even to
yo ko - A Yeoman Generator For KnockoutJS Paid Members Public
Templates/Scaffolding is something that we are all used to nowadays, given that we use an IDE for development. Visual Studio is one popular IDE, that is very popular among people developing on the Microsoft platform. Visual studio comes with a lot of pre-installed templates and scaffolding templates and also
KnockoutJS For XAML Developers Paid Members Public
After a very long time since I have actually wanted to move out to web development, recently I have started developing a website as part of my personal project, along with a friend of mine. I have been into desktop/mobile development on Microsoft technologies, using XAML for a very
Thanks to Everyone Who Attended Our Talk at Microsoft India, Hyderabad Paid Members Public
Thanks to everyone who attended our(Gautam and mine) talk on Getting Started with Windows Phone and Store application on June 18, Tuesday as part of the Readiness training at Microsoft. Special thanks to Vamsi for assisting us throughout. I hope you all enjoyed the session as much as we