Windows azure mobile services from start to rest

Windows Azure Mobile Services from Start to REST

MTUG.ie Windows azure group #irishazureheads

April 2013

Aidan CaseySolutions architect @MYOB Australia

aidancasey@gmail.com | @AIDANJCASEY | acaseyblog.wordpress.com

Agenda Overview

Storage

Push Notifications

Authentication & Authorisation

Scheduler

Diagnostics & Scale

Prize Giveaway!

Questions & Answers

Data

Auth Server Logic Scheduler

Logging & Diag

Scale

Notifications

SDK’s• Windows Store

• Windows Phone 8

• iOS

• Android

• JavaScript

All SDK’s are open sourced..

github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-mobile-services

What we are gonna build tonight

The swag that’s up for grabs!

DemoCREATING A NEW MOBILE SERVICES STACK & TWEET AGGREGATOR

Storage

Data

Structured Storage Windows Azure SQL Database

Dynamic schema on/off

Apps partitioned by schema

REST API generated per table (very data centric platform)

Access your data through the portal, SQL Management studio or REST API

JSON -> SQL data typesJSON value T-SQL type

Numeric values (integer, decimal, floating point) Float(53)

Boolean Bit

DateTime DateTimeOffset(3)

String Nvarchar(max)

DemoJAVASCRIPT SDK

Server side Logic

“Data Centric” Server LogicBackend runs Node.js on small azure VM’s

“Interceptors” exposed for all CRUD requests to all tables

You only get access to a predefined set of node modules

Third party apps exposed through node modules (sendgrid, twilio, pusher)

request, console, push.*, tables, sql, statusCodes, azure, mssql

Unstructured Storage “Virtual Tables” let you short-circuit the database entirely

E.g. offload to Azure table storage, azure blob storage, service bus queues !

var azure = require('azure');var accountName = '<storage-account-name>';var accountKey = '<storage-account-key>';var host = accountName + '.blob.core.windows.net';var blobService = azure.createBlobService(accountName, accountKey, host);

DemoINTERCEPTORS AND SENDING EMAILS WITH SENDGRID

Notifications

Notifications

Push Notifications The global push object is used to send push notifications.

Success & Error Callbacks are provided

Method

push. apns Apple Push Notification Service iOS apps

push. gcm Google Cloud Messaging Android apps

push. mpns Microsoft Push Notification Service Windows Phone 8 apps

push. wns Windows Notification Services Windows Store apps

Push Notification Lifecycle

1. register app for push notifications

2. register the apple send token to Mobile Service

3. Server side script

push.apns(…)(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

iOS

DemoPUSH NOTIFICATIONS TO A WINDOWS STORE APP

Authentication & Authorisation

Auth

AuthorisationTable level authorization for CRUD operations

Everyone: any request by anyone is accepted.Anyone with Application Key: app key distributed w/ the app (default)Authenticated Users: users authenticated by Live Connect.Scripts and Admins: registered scripts or requests via the master key

Application Key should not be used in production !

CLI & Diagnostics

Command line tools Can do “most things” from the command line

Create/ Delete a new mobile service

Create / Delete a table

Register table scripts

list tables/ mobile services

No access to the scheduler from the command line

Scheduler

Scheduler

DemoSCHEDULED TASK TO STORE TWEETS TO #IRISHAZUREHEADS

DemoUSING THE REST API

Cool Third Party Add-Ons

Running on shared instances

10 Mobile Services

1GB SQL Database

Data transfer is per subscription, not per mobile service

Unlimited ingress

165MB daily egress

Scheduler

700 jobs a month

Free offer for current preview release

Show me the money!pricing & licensing $ service level

agreements

PreviewNo availability SLA

General Availability99.9%

Shared Instance (multitenant environment)

Small instance is the only size available; multiple may be purchased

Free at public preview launch

Up to 10 applications

Reserved Instance (private VM)

Small instance is the only size available; multiple may be purchased

Charge for Preview will be at the same reduced rate as azure websites

Up to 10 applications

Thanks to our sponsors

Competition Time!

github.com/aidancasey/AzureMobileServicesGiveAway

tweets to -

#irishazureheads

register your details here -

azurecompetition.azurewebsites.net

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the swag …

DataAuth

Server Logic

Scheduler

Logging & Diag

Scale

Notifications

Resources Official Videos & Tutorials

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/

Real world Use Cases & black belt tips

http://chrisrisner.com/Common-Scenarios-with-Windows-Azure-Mobile-Services

Mr Azure Mobile Services (Josh Twist)

http://www.thejoyofcode.com/

Cloud Nick ( Nick Harris )

http://www.nickharris.net/

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