In a previous post I showed how to convert a local Node script into an Azure Function so that it can be called from anywhere. While that solution provides a great (and cost effective) way to call the script using HTTP, I also needed to automate the calls and add the data into a spreadsheet for …
I have a work project that uses GitHub APIs to access stats about specific repos (views, clones, forks, etc.). It was pretty straightforward to get the project running locally using GitHub's Octokit REST package and with a little work I had a working Node script that could be run to retrieve the …
I had a chance to sit down with my colleague Ayça Baş as well as several special guests to talk about how different technologies across the Microsoft Cloud can be integrated together to build a variety of applications. Check out the different interviews in the video series below. What is the …
I've been working a lot with .NET Core and Microsoft Graph lately and decided to put together a short video based on a Microsoft Learn module covering how the technologies can be used together. If you haven't used Microsoft Graph before, it provides a secure, unified API to access organizational …
TypeScript continues to grow in popularity and for good reason. It adds "guard rails" to your code to help you spot issues early on, easily locate problem code, enhance productivity, provide consistency across code, and much more. While there are a lot of TypeScript resources out there to get …
I've been playing around with Deno lately and wanted to get it installed on a new Windows 11 laptop I bought. To install Deno, you can go to the page and follow the instruction for your operating system. I'm currently using Powershell 7.2 so I tried the command that was suggested since it's …
Learn Together: Developing Real-Time Collaborative Apps Have you considered adding real-time collaboration into your apps? Do you want to learn how to collaborate more efficiently on code your team is writing? In today’s distributed work environment there are many new and exciting collaborative …
What does it take to deploy a modern JavaScript web app? Your initial response might be, "Copy the files up to the server - how hard could it be?". The reality is that deploying modern JavaScript apps is a bit more complicated than simply copying files up to a server. For example, let's say that …
In this post I'm going to share a quick tip on how to get started calling the Microsoft Graph API. If you're new to Microsoft Graph, here's a short definition for you: > Microsoft Graph provides a secure and unified API that can be used to access Microsoft 365 and other cloud data and intelligence. …
In this post, I'm going to walk you through the process of getting started with adding voice calling into your apps using Azure Communication Services (ACS). If you haven't read my previous post or watched my video on "What is Azure Communication Services?" I'd recommend doing that first so that …