Building mobile back ends with windows azure mobile services
Windows Azure Sydney User Group
June 2013
Aidan Casey
@AIDANJCASEY | acaseyblog.wordpress.com
Solutions architect @MYOB Australia
Agenda BaaS overview
Windows Azure Mobile Services Features
- Storage
- Push Notifications
- Authentication & Authorisation
- Scheduler
- Diagnostics & Scale
How long does it take to build a mobile app?
18 weeks!http://www.kinvey.com/blog/2086/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-mobile-app
Why so long?
Killer Idea User Experience
Store Data
Social Integration
Push
Security
Scale
Versioning
API Geo Location
Analytics
Choose Technology
Store Data
Social Integration
Push
Security
Scale
Versioning
API Geo Location
Analytics
Backend as a Service (BaaS)
Data
Auth Server Logic Scheduler
Logging & Diag
Scale
Notifications
SDK’s• Windows Store
• Windows Phone 8
• iOS
• Android
• JavaScript
github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-mobile-services
DemoCREATING A NEW MOBILE SERVICES APP
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)
DemoUSING THE JAVASCRIPT SDK
Server side Logic
Server Logic – node.jsnode.js on small azure VM’s (azure websites infrastructure)
Server side pipeline hooks (interceptors)
Out of the box you have access to the following node packages
(June Release) - you now have access to NPM
request, console, push.*, tables, sql, statusCodes, azure, mssql
Bypassing SQL Server storage 1. Virtual Tables
2 Create Custom API
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
Scheduler
Scheduler
Cool Party Add-Ins from Azure Store
Git publishing
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
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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