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Node.js SDK for Windows Azure on Github

24 points by cek 15y ago

vyrotek 15y ago
I didn't think much of this until I realized that I couldn't find any references to CodePlex.com anywhere on the new Azure website. I definitely like where Microsoft is going with this.
wavephorm 15y ago
Can someone quickly explain (like I'm an idiot) how you remote administer a Windows Azure machine without a unix command prompt? I have a feeling that Microsoft and their cloud strategy is at a disadvantage in ways that they cannot even comprehend.
- mattyohe 15y ago
  I don't know, but I assume this is why Windows PowerShell exists?
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  Why need it be a unix command prompt? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg271300 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg271300
  - deleted 15y ago
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- planetjoe 15y ago
  Windows Azure "machines" are just normal windows VMs. So you'd "administer" from unix however you'd administer a windows machine from unix. (?) You can easily RDP into azure instances, so you could do that from linux if that's what your asking. Or, if you're talking about managing your resources (e.g. spinning instances up and down) all of that stuff can be done via REST api. If there isn't a unix toolkit yet, there will be one. Tooling seems to lag feature development in Azure by a bit.
kristopolous 15y ago
Do I see Microsoft on GitHub?
- darrenkopp 15y ago
  You can already see how much Scott Guthrie is changing things in Azure division.
  - vyrotek 15y ago
    Indeed. I'm convinced a lot of these changes are a direct result of Scott's magic touch. I've been actively using Azure for almost two years. In the beginning, Azure was a mess. The website, product names, portal and releases felt so disconnected and confusing. Now things are streamlined and focused and much more developer friendly.
politician 15y ago
Is anyone willing to speculate why Microsoft is supporting nodejs on Azure? Or their use of Github/git rather than TFS? Or the work on redis-win32? It seems like a negative for developer mind share in the long run.
- vyrotek 15y ago
  Not sure, but Microsoft has some great evangelists who are pretty opened minded these days. Steve Marx comes to mind. I've personally met him and he is a pretty smart guy! He's posted tutorials on using various technologies such as Node, Python, Scala and Memcached on Azure. http://blog.smarx.com/ http://blog.smarx.com/ Then there are also other articles on consuming Azure services with clients written in many languages. http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-storage-libraries-in-many-languages http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-storage-libraries-...
  - politician 15y ago
    As a .NET developer who is actively transitioning to these technologies myself, I applaud Steve & Co; nevertheless, I don't understand the strategy. I was hoping someone around here could explain why this is in their best interest.
    - planetjoe 15y ago
      MS is trying to push enterprises to move their datacenters to azure. To do this, they have to support a wide array of technologies such as java/memcached/ruby.
      - jondot 15y ago
        That's a great business strategy for them. But then again, they abandoned IronRuby, which is very frustrating. (what is the state of IronPython?). Sounds like two hands that aren't really in sync.
        15y ago

24 points by cek 15y ago

I didn't think much of this until I realized that I couldn't find any references to CodePlex.com anywhere on the new Azure website. I definitely like where Microsoft is going with this.

wavephorm 15y ago

Can someone quickly explain (like I'm an idiot) how you remote administer a Windows Azure machine without a unix command prompt? I have a feeling that Microsoft and their cloud strategy is at a disadvantage in ways that they cannot even comprehend.

mattyohe 15y ago
I don't know, but I assume this is why Windows PowerShell exists?
MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Why need it be a unix command prompt? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg271300 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg271300
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
planetjoe 15y ago
Windows Azure "machines" are just normal windows VMs. So you'd "administer" from unix however you'd administer a windows machine from unix. (?) You can easily RDP into azure instances, so you could do that from linux if that's what your asking. Or, if you're talking about managing your resources (e.g. spinning instances up and down) all of that stuff can be done via REST api. If there isn't a unix toolkit yet, there will be one. Tooling seems to lag feature development in Azure by a bit.

kristopolous 15y ago

Do I see Microsoft on GitHub?

darrenkopp 15y ago
You can already see how much Scott Guthrie is changing things in Azure division.
- vyrotek 15y ago
  Indeed. I'm convinced a lot of these changes are a direct result of Scott's magic touch. I've been actively using Azure for almost two years. In the beginning, Azure was a mess. The website, product names, portal and releases felt so disconnected and confusing. Now things are streamlined and focused and much more developer friendly.

politician 15y ago

Is anyone willing to speculate why Microsoft is supporting nodejs on Azure? Or their use of Github/git rather than TFS? Or the work on redis-win32? It seems like a negative for developer mind share in the long run.

vyrotek 15y ago
Not sure, but Microsoft has some great evangelists who are pretty opened minded these days. Steve Marx comes to mind. I've personally met him and he is a pretty smart guy! He's posted tutorials on using various technologies such as Node, Python, Scala and Memcached on Azure. http://blog.smarx.com/ http://blog.smarx.com/ Then there are also other articles on consuming Azure services with clients written in many languages. http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-storage-libraries-in-many-languages http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-storage-libraries-...
- politician 15y ago
  As a .NET developer who is actively transitioning to these technologies myself, I applaud Steve & Co; nevertheless, I don't understand the strategy. I was hoping someone around here could explain why this is in their best interest.
  - planetjoe 15y ago
    MS is trying to push enterprises to move their datacenters to azure. To do this, they have to support a wide array of technologies such as java/memcached/ruby.
    - jondot 15y ago
      That's a great business strategy for them. But then again, they abandoned IronRuby, which is very frustrating. (what is the state of IronPython?). Sounds like two hands that aren't really in sync.
      - 15y ago