I have discovered that the real-time validation of JSON and YAML files in Visual Studio Code via JSON Schema validators is amazing and magical. However, I would like to migrate my project to Cloud9 IDE (an offering from Amazon Web Services). Is there a mechanism I can use to get similar schema validation of my files as I edit them in real-time, or at least periodically via a button click?
Perhaps if the desired functionality is not built-in I can throw something together with an AWS lambda function?
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If i wish to create a StorageController to generate the SAS tokens inorder to make the Azure File Syncing work with Xamarin forms, is that possible ? All the documentation that I have seen only mention a way to do it in ASP.NET.
Reference :
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/file-management-with-azure-mobile-apps/
It seems I can create a SAS token in Node js, but how do I tie it up the /table endpoint ?
http://azure.github.io/azure-storage-node/
There is significant work involved in creating the equivalent of a StorageController for the Node.js backend. You could create a simple custom API endpoint that generates SAS tokens and consume those from your client application, i.e. interacting directly with Azure Storage rather than using the file sync plugin for Azure Mobile Apps.
I'm a hobby developer that use Parse.com as my database and website host, as Facebook is going to shutdown Parse.com, I'm now looking for alternative Parse server.
I use Parse's Cloud Code Hosting to build Dynamic Web App, and Parse itself to store data collected from the website I've build, with custom Cloud Code to help getting and managing data. I've build a Windows Phone app for myself to manage the data I've collected too.
Is there any alternative server that has my requirement?
Dynamic Website
Database host
Custom Cloud Code (with BeforeSave and AfterSave trigger)
with Windows Phone SDK (or REST API if doesn't have)
Very thank you for helping me!
Try out Hasura.
Hasura (http://www.hasura.io): Hasura is a neat PaaS + BaaS solution. It is now competing with Firebase, Kinvey, Heroku et al. There is a full comparison page here: Compare | Hasura (https://compare.beta.hasura.io) . The difference majorly lies in infra ownership as well as no tech lock-in due to open-source components(like docker, kubernetes,postgres) building the major chunk of the platform. Check it out. There is also an option to explore (https://explore.beta.hasura.io/) Hasura by building your own blog web app and a todo app in under 15 mins.
Hasura should fit in perfectly for your needs.
DISCLAIMER : Hasura Engineer here.
I'm using Simbla website application development. It doesn't support all of your requirments but it has great UI builder with a backend parse database.
You can try using the parse open source server it has cloud code and you can use a custom database with it.
I put together some code for accessing CRM using the DLL's provided in the SDK download and tried out both the early binding approach and late binding approach.
What I'd like to do is in addition to having some custom entities that my users will access in Dynamics (through the Dynamics UI in the cloud), I also want to build some Android apps that talk to Dynamics.
My understanding is that I can talk to Dynamics from Android via REST (assuming I properly handle the authentication and getting tokens using ADAL libraries since my Dynamics instances run on the Microsoft cloud) or I can use the SDK with .NET as a middle-tier.
What's the recommended approach? Is there a best practice? When would I use the DLL's provided in the SDK and maybe wrap them in my own Web API vs. connecting to Dynamics directly via REST?
Please help this noob.
Kind of hard to say, depends on your talents and needs. Here is a great website link to get started though:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crminthefield/archive/2015/01/12/build-your-own-crm-mobile-app-s.aspx
Just a note on the Rest calls, you can only perform CRUD operations by default, and will need to jump through some hoops to perform the other calls.
There are two type of workflow available in the mscrm dynamics. 1. Configurable workflow 2. Custom workflow.
My Question :
In which scenerio, we use the custom workflow ?
How custom workflow are different from plug ins ?
1) You must differentiate between "custom workflow step(=custom workflow activities)" and "Custom XAML workflows" (just for the sake of completeness):
You use a custom workflow activity (thats a custom workflow step written in c#) if non of the standard workflow steps fit your needs and you do not can use a plugin (see below). Custom workflow steps are especially helpful if they represent a generic functionality which can be reused.
You use a Custom XAML workflows if you want to use the full power of the windows workflow Foundation instead of the limit subset which the dynamics crm workflow designer provides. You must develop the Custom XAML workflows outside of crm (in visual studio for example) and then deploy it into crm. But beware: You cannot edit it inside crm and you cannot use Custom XAML workflows in the crm cloud (=crm online). You also have to enable Custom XAML workflows in the crm config database (they are disabled by default).
I would recommend against Custom XAML workflows, they are not very well supported/integrated into crm and they are error prone.. Use Plugins or a combination of custom workflow activities instead. Another option is to write a c# windows service which connects to crm and accomplish the desired functionality from outside.
2) It depends if you are using Dynamics 2011 or 2013/online. In 2011 Workflows are always asynchronous. They can be triggered automatically by a trigger (create entity for example) or manually by the user. In the first case they run under the userid of their respective owner, in the second case they run under the userid of the user which starts the workflow. Plugin can run synchronous or asynchronous and they are capable of doing user impersonation. But they cannot directly be triggered from the user. Workflows are suitable for long running stateful persistent background operations, Plugin for stateless short running operations.
If you are using crm dynamics 2013 then workflows can also run synchronous.
Only synchronous operations can present error messages to the user.
We have to use custom workflow actions when it is not enough standard workflow actions.
https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crmpowerobjects/archive/2013/05/28/comparison-using-workflows-vs-javascript-vs-plugins-in-dynamics-crm.aspx
Step by step creating custom work flow -
http://mahenderpal.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/step-by-step-creating-custom-workflow-in-microsoft-crm-2011/
It specifies a scenario also.
For around Dynamics crm follow -
http://niiranen.eu/crm/2013/10/getting-your-head-around-dynamics-crm-2013-processes/
When deploying plug-ins for MS Dynamics CRM, using the CRM plugin registration tool, you can set secure and unsecure configuration values. You can the setup a constructor to access these values in a plug-in. Is this or something similar available to custom workflow activities? If so, how is it used?
Sadly, there is nothing comparable for workflow activities.
For this purpose, we usually define input parameters for the workflow activies. The configuration is then entered in the workflow designer.