SignalR Scaleout with SQL Server in Azure

A project for one of our customers recently had this scenario where mobile clients posted updates to a REST-backend running on one site and we needed to notify all clients browsing a different site. The first technique that came into mind was SignalR but we had only used it within the same app before. Now […]

socialtime.se lab days project

Lab days I’ve been super busy at work but finally I’ve come around for some fun lab days coding. The objective I’ve often wondered how much time we spend on social media apps on our phones. The idea came pretty naturally – create an app that accurately measures the time for us. Coding sessions The […]

Live coding 5th session – Authentication with ASP.NET Identity, OWIN, WebApi2 and AngularJS

In this session we extended the api to only accept authorized requests and implemented authentication logic from the client. We used ASP.NET Identity for user account management and OWIN middleware for token authentication. The application now supports multiple users and in the next session we’ll implement support for 3rd party login providers such as facebook. […]

Customize your TFS build process to run StyleCop

This will be a short guide on how to get StyleCop to run for every check-in as a part of your build process in TFS or VisualStudio Online. You may also integrate stylecop with the project’s MSBuild file, see StyleCop docs for how to do so.   Start off by downloading and installing StyleCop and TFS build extensions. Build controller changes […]

AngularJS Loading Indicator / Splash screen

How do we prevent the flash of unrendered content (FOUC)? We don’t want to simply hide the unrendered content from the user since the user may think that the app is broken, especially if they’re on a slow connection. The browser will start to render elements as soon as it encounters them, we can use […]

Mobile Angular UI with Bootstrap 3

I’ve been looking for a nice mobile UI framework that plays well together with angular for quite some time now. When I started developing golf-caddie.se jQuery Mobile was pretty much the only competent framework out there and it was quite cumbersome to get it to play nice with angular. So every now and then I try […]