Using the Cognitive Services Text Analytics API: Detecting Languages
Microsoft has a lot of fascinating APIs available to build intelligent applications with using their Cognitive Services. Among those services is the Text Analytics API. This API offers a wide […]
Correctly Sizing Azure Virtual Machines
If you’re used to high-control virtualization environments, the fixed nature of the options for sizing virtual machines in Azure can be a bit confusing. One of the benefits of cloud […]
Implement a CAPTCHA with Azure Functions
CAPTCHA’s are those things that site administrators love because they stop comment and form spam but user hate because they are impossible to read. Regardless though, they have become a mainstay […]
Host a Website with Azure Functions and Node.JS, Part 1
Azure Functions are Microsoft’s answer to “serverless” computing. Functions enable applications developers to write event-driven code (ie. “functions”) than can be triggered by timers, manual integration, HTTP requests, service buses, […]
Building on App Center
In my previous (and first) blog post on App Center I talked about getting started, adding the SDK to your code, and looking at Analytics and Crash reporting. In this […]
Choosing Between Containers and Serverless
Choosing the right tool for the job is not always as easy as it seems. Sometimes, there is more than one tool for doing something, and such is the case […]
Handling “Open File – Security Warning”
It seems like a simple enough task. Use an Azure File share to store an executable and use a PowerShell script to execute the application on a new virtual machines. […]
Getting Started with VS App Center
There is no doubt that Microsoft’s VS App Center is an incredible resource for mobile application programmers. The problem is that it seems hard to get started. The good news […]
Containerize a Python App in 5 Minutes
Python for better or worse has found cemented itself as the lingua franca of data science. With its rise in popularity also comes how it is deployed. Simultaneously with the […]