www.AgeofMobility.com
http://www.bigbaldapps.com
www.AgeofMobility.com
@ActiveNick 2005-20142013-2014
Hosting Your Stuff in the Cloud
Microsoft
Azure
Demo: Whirlwind Tour of
Node.js Express
.NET Web API
SQL Table Storage
Blob Storage
WNS & MPNS
APNS GCM
Mongo DB
Notification Hubs
Source Control
Facebook Twitter Microsoft Google Azure Active Directory
Windows Store
iOS
Android
Xamarin
Phonegap
Sencha
Windows Phone
iOS
Android
HTML 5/JS
SDKs
REST A
PI
Hybrid Connections
Data
Azure SQL db
Azure Table Storage
Azure Blob Storage
Mongo DBSQL Server
in a VM
SQL Server On-Prem
Action HTTP Verb URL Suffix
Create POST /TodoItem
Read GET /TodoItem?$filter=id%3D42
Update PATCH /TodoItem/id
Delete DELETE /TodoItem/id
Data Operations and their REST Equivalents
Base REST API Endpoint URL
https://Mobileservice.azure-mobile.net/tables/*
Odata protocol
LINQ support for
the C# SDK
A Basic table
Server-initiated
communicationRicher than SMS,
10,000s times cheaper
Multitasking: Enable
key background tasks
Prevent polling for user
updates
Preserve device
battery life
Advanced Scenarios:
e.g “Push to Sync”
App
Differentiation
User
Relationship
Windows 8.x/WP8.1: Windows Push Notification Service (WNS)
Windows Phone 8: Microsoft Push Notification Service (MPNS)
iOS (Apple): Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)
Android (Google): Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)
Registration at app launch1.
2.
Sending Notification1.
2.
Maintenance1.
Platform
Notification
Service
App back-end
One-time set up1.
Register1.
2.
Send Notification1.
2.
APNsWNS
Notification Hub
App back-end
iOS app Windows app
MPNS
GCM
ADM
Demo:
await
[hub registerNativeWithDeviceToken:deviceTokentags:nilcompletion:^(NSError* error) { … }];
hub.register(regid);
var toast = @“<notification payload>";hub.SendWindowsNativeNotificationAsync(toast);
hubService.wns.sendToastText01(null, {
text1: 'Hello from Node!'},function (error)
{…
});
Reservation changes, Deals, Back-office
Travel/Hospitality/Airlines
SMS replacement, Deals, Back-office
Banking/Insurance
Orders, Product UX,
Back-office
Discrete manufacturing/Auto
Prescriptions, Appointments,
LOB (maintenance)
Healthcare
Breaking news
News/Media
Offers, Orders, Back-office
Retail
10s
3+ <2
100s
3+ 150+
• Notification Hubs service page
• Get started(Windows/Phone, iOS, Android, Kindle)
• MSDN documentation
• APIs references and download
• REST surface documentation
• Debugging guide
• Pricing
• Cloud Cover 116 – X-plat notifications
• Cloud Cover 118 – Geo-location
• Azure Friday – Broadcasting
• Azure Friday – Tags
• Azure Friday – Templates
• Azure Friday – User-specific notifications
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-616
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-521
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/3-623
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/3-622
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-518
http://aka.ms/wp81js
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014
www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/product-training/windows-phone
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/Windows-Phone-81-samples-08631ca7
http://aka.ms/wpdevsetup
http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps
www.AgeofMobility.com
www.dvlup.com
http://appstudio.windows.com
http://flip.it/95YFG
Thank You!
Slides will be posted on my Slideshare account. Demos are on GitHub.
Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick
Blog: www.AgeofMobility.com
Twitter: @ActiveNick
Mobile Apps: www.bigbaldapps.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/activenick
GitHub: github.com/ActiveNick
Email: [email protected]
