Author Archives: Glenn Block

Service Bus support in azure npm 0.5.2

This just in: Andre (my team) just published the latest version of our node azure module – 0.5.2: Primary changes: Azure Service Bus support! Node.exe version requirement lowered to raise compatibility. This should enable using our SDK on Heroku and … Continue reading 

Posted in azure, node, node.js | 2 Comments

Review – Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML 5 and Node

I rarely review books however the past few years there’s a few gems I’ve found in my REST travels that I have felt compelled to review. Mike Amundsen’s new book on hypermedia is one such work. Note: This review is a … Continue reading 

Posted in Hypermedia, REST | 2 Comments

HTTP is not a transport protocol, HTTP is not RPC

Preamble: The intent of this post is to educate on how HTTP was designed to be used , clarify misconceptions and to give folks food for thought on different ways they can design a system. It is not to ignite … Continue reading 

Posted in HTTP, REST | 10 Comments

Hypermedia and Web API. Design brain dump and samples

Although I left WCF Web API, I am very passionate about continuing on my journey toward understanding REST and how it fits with Web API. For that reason you will likely continue to see posts on REST and Web API … Continue reading 

Posted in Hypermedia, REST, webapi | 1 Comment

I moved on from WCF Web API, but Web API IS still moving

If you’ve my last few posts around the new Windows Azure SDK for Node.js and you have not been following me on twitter, then you might be suspicious. Let me remove the suspicion, I’ve moved on from the Web API … Continue reading 

Posted in node.js, WCF, WCF Web APIs | 6 Comments