web dev tutorials: Azure DocumentDB, Aurelia+node.js

tutorial: Build a web application with ASP.NET MVC using DocumentDB | Microsoft Azure



DocumentDB - NoSQL data management | Microsoft Azure

podcast interview: Diving into Aurelia with Julie Lerman @ .NET Rocks!
using Entity Framework (EF6/EF7) to connect to NoSQL DocumentDB database also.

ASP.NET 5 @ GitHub

Alternative: using Aurelia for web UI with data binding to Web API

tutorial: zewa666/aurelia-node  @ GitHub
"This is a NodeJS Express App bundled with the Skeleton App of the Aurelia platform. It sets up a standard navigation-style app using gulp to build your ES6 code with the babel compiler. Karma/Jasmine testing is also configured.
For more info please visit the official site: http://www.aurelia.io/"

tools: Automating VM Deployment

podcast interview: Automating Deployment with Matt Wrock @ .NET Rocks!

"... a completely automated process to build new VMs with services, tools and your software all pre-configured and ready to go...."

• BoxStarter 
• Chocolatey 
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 
• Vagrant 
• Atlas 
• Packer 
• Boxcutter
• NuGet

web marketing: Business vs Technical

7 TIPS FOR WRITING WEB COPY FOR THE BUSINESS VS THE TECHNICAL DECISION MAKER

• "Don’t confuse offerings and audience:
  business decision maker (BDM) (save money, or be proud of choices)
  vs technical decision maker (TDM) (solve challenges, interesting technology)
• Use consistent terminology:
  use the same word to describe them in other sections
• Industry jargon confuses the BDM. 
• Use original pictures not technical renderings. 
• Clean up old content
• White space is a good thing
• Web site maps are a specific section of the web site."

podcast interview: Talking to Decision Makers with Eileen Fisher @ .NET Rocks!

"how do you get to "yes" with business decision makers?"