Cesar de la Torre
Principal Program Manager at the Azure team.
Latest posts
Creating an X.509 certificate for Windows Azure
I always forget the command line to do this, so I’m going to post it in my own blog. The way to set a specific certificate name, so you can find it within Windows Azure after it is registered, is using the Certificate Creation Tool (makecert.exe) to create an X.509 certificate: - Open the Visual Studio Command Prompt window as an administrator. - Change the directory to location where you want to save the certificate file. - Type the following command: makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=MyCertificateName" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "MyCertificateName.cer" Where MyCertificateName is the name that you want to...
We completed the IASA-DDD Conference! (November 7th 2011)
It was a remarkable DDD (Domain Driven Design) event in Madrid, Spain. We got around 150 attendees!!, and taking into account that this is the inaugural event from the IASA-Spain association, and this association was almost unknown in Spain, until now, it is something I must highlight. Of course, having the keynotes delivered by Eric Evans and Udi Dahan was fundamental for achieving that. Most attendees gave such a good feedback about the sessions and specifically about the IASA-Spain initiative because we were talking about Architecture, Design, DDD, patterns, etc., no matter what technology you work with. In fa...
How to explore a Windows Azure Package (How to create it with no encryption)
As you may know, a Windows Azure package is a .ZIP file, but, it is encrypted, so, even though you can rename the extension, when you take a look into it, you cannot really see the project files. In order to see it, you need to create a package which is not encrypted. You can do so setting a System Variable (in the Properties menu within ‘My Computer’): _CSPACK_FORCE_NOENCRYPT_ with value set to true
Eric Evans and Udi Dahan in Madrid! (DDD Conference and Workshops, Nov.2011)
Eric Evans and Udi Dahan in IASA DDD (Domain Driven Design) Conference and Workshops!!! (Nov.2011). This is a unique opportunity. On November 7th, there will be an initial conference (free registration) introducing DDD & CQRS, and then, during next days (Nov. 8th and Nov.10th), there will be several workshops run by Eric Evans and Udi Dahan, having deeper content during a whole day. - DDD Conference (Nov. 7th 2011) - (Free registration): http://dddiasaconference.eventbrite.com/ IASA-SPAIN-MEMBERS have a 50% off discount on Workshops!!!: - DDD Workshop (Nov. 8th 2011) - A whole day with Eric Evan...
EF 4.1.1 RTM (Update) and Code First Migrations August 2011 CTP Released
EF 4.1 Update 1 (EF 4.1.1) has been released a few days ago. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2011/07/25/ef-4-1-update-1-released.aspx The important point is also EF 4.1.1 Code First Migrations August 2011 CTP Released: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2011/07/27/code-first-migrations-august-2011-ctp-released.aspx This is really important for people working with Code-First because it allows to change your Entity Model and then upgrade your database instead of having to re-create the database from scratch. Even though EF Code-First Migrations is still a CTP, it is something just for your development ti...
Value-Object pattern implementation in .NET
Regarding DDD patterns, here I link two nice Value-Object implementation samples: http://elegantcode.com/2009/06/07/generic-value-object/ http://grabbagoft.blogspot.com/2007/06/generic-value-object-equality.html
About Ayende’s blog posts series reviewing the NLayered Sample-App
Ayende has been publishing a series of blog posts reviewing the V1.0 of the NLayerApp Sample App (Note we made V2.0 public a few weeks ago, so most of the code issues he highlights do not apply now). We’ve been taken into account every of those posts as well as every comment from the community in his blog. Some comments to Ayende’s posts were also good points to think about. First of all, we are thankful to Ayende and anyone who provides feedback in order to improve our initiative (SampleApp & Guidance) for the community and we will always take into account any comment and feedback. Second, this i...
Published first ALPHA version of Domain Oriented N-Layered Architecture V2.0
[UPDATED - April 2017] - IMPORTANT:  For up-to-date architecture and development guidance using .NET (i.e. .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Docker containers, etc.) including Domain-Driven Design patterns, microservices architectures and other .NET related technologies like Xamarin for mobile apps check this landing page pointing to multiple NEW guides and reference applications: https://www.microsoft.com/net/architecture/ Specifically, most of the DDD (Domain-Driven Design) patterns explained in the guidance written in 2010/2011 are still valid nowadays, however all the technologies have evolved significantly. Also, m...
DDD-Exchange 2011
So, it was such a great event with Eric Evans, Udi Dahan and Greg Young. Here I post a few pictures I got. Before starting: Eric Evans presenting the Agenda: Q&A to Eric, Udi and Greg: Saying hello to Udi: Strong discussions below… All in all, I really liked all the sessions, check it out here: http://skillsmatter.com/event/design-architecture/ddd-exchange-2011/js-2046