Deploy a Framework Friday #2 with ASP.NET MVC 4

First let’s build a standard ASP.NET MVC Application (yes, you can do the same without the MVC Project, but I STRONGLY recommend never creating a standard ASP.NET application again, EVER). This quick run through assumes you’ve already setup a Cloud Foundry enabled PaaS w/ your already installed Iron Foundry components for .NET development. Get an... Continue reading →

Deploy a Framework Friday #1 with Ruby and Sinatra

Alright, just for fun I’m kicking off a new blog series. I’m going to publish a new “Deploy a Framework Friday” each week for about the next, well, bunch of weeks. There are a TON of frameworks that are available on PaaS Technologies. This first entry I’m going to implement a simple Sinatra app with... Continue reading →

Ruby 1.9.3, Iron Foundry + Cloud Foundry and++

Installing the Latest Ruby, A Gotcha Generally, you’d just install rvm (Ruby Version Manager) and execute this command. rvm install 1.9.3 But alas, as happens sometimes, I ran into an issue related to the C compiler being found. Checking the log file for errors I found the message and went searching, finding … Continue reading →

PDX & SEA Code Camp, OS Bridge, OSCON, Iron Foundry, Robotech and Action! Stage II

I usually don’t post two blog entries in one day, but I had so much to rattle on about it seemed like a rule to break. DeployCon, Cloud Expo and Cloud Bootcamp I’ll be speaking at the Cloud Bootcamp at the Cloud Expo in New York City. So if you’re coming to the conference, swing... Continue reading →

I Can Talk About It Finally! => Tier 3 Web Fabric Platform as a Service (PaaS)

A couple months ago I shifted gears and started working for Tier 3 on a number of projects. I made this decision for a few reasons: 1. I’m a huge advocate of PaaS (Platform as a Service) technologies. I like what PaaS enables and what it eliminates. Matter of fact I’d say I’m a bull... Continue reading →