DevTO Appy Hours: Node.js on Windows Azure

We're kicking off a new series called 'DevTO Appy Hours'. These events will feature slightly longer talks about the same topic to allow you and the speakers to dive a little deeper into a talk. This series is not a monthly event and will be schedule as we plan them throughout the year.

In DevTO Appy Hours #1 we take on Windows Azure and compare IaaS vs. Paas while deploying a Node.js application.

Seats are limited so grab one quick - guests need to sign up too.

VPS setup to deploy in 30 minutes - Ray Kao

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How to setup a Ubuntu VPS from scratch and deploy with Git in 30 Minutes. This quick presentation will show you how to setup a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Virtual Private Server and setup a basic NodeJS from scratch then deploy your code to the server with Git. Easy peasy lemon squeeze.

Ray is Partner of Technology and Training at People & Code Inc., a technology studio that crafts beautiful products and workshops for the modern and open web. He is also a part-time professor at Seneca College, as well as being very active in the tech community being a co-founder of Mobile Startups TO (http://mobilestartupsto.com (http://mobilestartupsto.com/)) and Learn Toronto (http://learntoronto.org (http://learntoronto.org/)), a mentor, speaker and organizer at hackathons, contributor and team member at Women&&Tech (http://womenandtech.com (http://womenandtech.com/)), Code Huddle (http://codehuddle.org (http://codehuddle.org/)) and Make Web Not War (http://webnotwar.ca (http://webnotwar.ca/)). Also most importantly to him he is a husband and proud new father to a bouncing baby girl. Feel free to connect with Ray on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/raykao ) or swing by People & Code and talk code, comics and eating till you hate yourself.

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Getting to know Node.JS & Windows Azure PaaS - Marc Gagné

Just how easily can you deploy Node.js to Windows Azure? The answer is very! In this brief overview we'll deploy a Node.js application to Windows Azure Websites as well as to Windows Azure Cloud Services, a more full featured multi-staging environment with features like auto-scale, load balancing and automatic failure recovery. We'll use Git & GitHub and maybe even show off some node.js debugging in Visual Studio.

Marc Gagné is a Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft Canada with a passion for startups, the cloud & the web. Before embarking on this chapter of his career he worked at a startup in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario trying to solve the big data & analytics problem. This isn’t his first time with Microsoft though, having worked in Dublin, Ireland & Redmond, Washington as a developer and manager on a number of great projects.

Want to do some reading on your own before this event? Check out these links:

Node.js Documentation Center http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/nodejs/

Create your first Windows Azure Node.js App http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-nodejs-develop-deploy-mac/

Get $220 to trial Windows Azure Services for Free http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

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This DevTO Appy Hours is sponsored by Microsoft Canada