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Page 1: Building Connected iOS Apps Chris Risner Technical Evangelist Microsoft  @chrisrisner.

Building Connected iOS Apps

Chris RisnerTechnical EvangelistMicrosoft

http://chrisrisner.com@chrisrisner

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• How we got here• Mobile Services• Features and demos• Win a prize• Questions

What we’re going to talk about

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How did we get here?

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What we had

Cloud services

Storage Identity

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What we neededCross Platform Features

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What we made

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What is Windows Azure Mobile Services?

Data

Notifications

Auth

Server Logic

Scheduler

Logging & Diag

Scale

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Getting Started a backend for your mobile app in minutes Demo

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Structured StorageStructured Storage with SQL DatabaseSame DB – multiple Mobile Services

AppX.Todoitem

AppY.Todoitem

Manage data inPortal, SQL Portal

SQL Management Studio

REST API

CLI Tools

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REST API to SQL type mappings

JSON Value T-SQL Type

Numeric values (integer, decimal, floating point)

Float

Boolean Bit

DateTime DateTimeOffset(3)

String Nvarchar(max)

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Server Logic

Automatic REST API generated for storageDynamic Schema on/offAbility to customize server logic that intercepts table requests

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Server LogicSupported Modules + Globals

requestconsolepush.*tablesmssqlstatusCodesazurestore (pusher, sendgrid, twilio, etc)

mssql.query('select top 1 * from statusupdates', { success: function(results) { console.log(results);

} }

);

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Server Logicadding server logic on CRUD

operations Demo

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Push Notification Lifecycle Overview 1. Register for push

notifications

2. Register with your send token to Mobile Service

3. Push from server side scripts

iOS

(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

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Push NotificationsDemo

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User Auth

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Auth Data and ScriptsTable level permissions for each CRUD operation

EveryoneAnyone with the Application KeyOnly Authenticated UsersOnly Scripts and Admins

More granular control with server side scriptsuser.level: {admin, authenticated, anonymous}user.userId: id or undefined if not authenticated

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Adding Authenticationintegrating with Twitter Demo

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Command Line ToolsCreate servicesDelete servicesCreate (with auth options), update, delete, list tablesUpload, delete, download, list scriptsGet configuration

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Using the CLI Demo

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SchedulerExecute scripts on a Schedule

by Minutes

by Hours

by Days

By Months

Execute scripts on DemandExamples Periodic purge of old data

Poll and aggregate from 3rd party (Twitter, RSS, others)

Process/resize images

Schedule sending push notifications for a given time of day

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Scheduling a taskAdding Todo Items Demo

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Diagnostics, Logging and Scale

DiagnosticsAPI callsCPU TimeData Out

Loggingconsole.error(…)console.log(…)…

Scale - ComputeScale out instance countScale up VM size

Scale - StorageScale out mobile service tenant to dedicated SQL DBScale up SQL DB

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Diagnostics, Logging, Scale

Demo

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Pricing Example:

10 x Mobile Services on shared instances

100MB SQLDatabase

Unlimited data in

<165MB daily out

How?10 FREE mobile services on shared instanceIncludes 165MB/day of FREE data out from API calls Cost - All services sharing a 100MB DB is $5 USD / Month Use Pricing Calculator to Estimate your costs

=$5/ Month

Note: Free data out is per subscription, not per mobile service

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Summary

Data

Notifications

Auth

Server Logic

Scheduler

Logging & Diag

Scale

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Useful ResourcesGet a Windows Azure Free Trial Accounthttp://www.windowsazure.com/

Learn with Brent SimmonsFind videos, tutorials and more at https://www.windowsazure.com/ios

Help with Mobile ServicesQ&A Forum: Windows Azure Mobile Services ForumFeature Rqst: Windows Azure Mobile Services UserVoiceFeedback: [email protected]: @chrisrisner

Presentations, demos, hands on labsWindows Azure Training Kit: Download here


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