As a follow up to my recent presentation on IOT (see the previous blog) I have started a new Codeplex project with a view to developing a library for Embedded devices such as Arduino and Windows Embedded Compact to send and receive data from an Azure Mobile Service, using REST/JSon
The first two blogs in this series focus upon setting up the Azure Mobile Service data backend and a Universal App to interact with it that runs on a Windows 8.1 desktop and Windows 8.1 Phone.
The site is called CEJson and is located at: https://cejson.codeplex.com/
The first activity focuses upon some simple REST/JSon exercises:
1. The ToDo Sample Project that you can create when you create a Mobile Service. It's a Universal app for Desktop and Phone 8.1
2. The ToDo project morphed into a Telemetry app.
These two downloads are available now.
Coming (as part of this Activity):
Watch this space
To get started with 1 & 2, download the project zip files from Codeplex as above. Each is a separate Visual Studio 2013 Solution with the following projects:
They are Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 projects:
I used the Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition which is free (and equivalent to the Professional Edition).
You will need to create a Microsoft Azure Mobile Web Service.
- If you don’t have an Azure account you can get one for one month free with a Windows login..
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/mobile-services-ios-get-started/
To use App in Project 1 you need to enter the Azure service path and key in the Main.Page.cs file in the Shared project.
- These are obtainable from eth Azure Portal.
- You will need a table in the Mobile Service called ToDoItem
- Hint: When creating the table, make as an SQL table and make sure its Dynamic
--- That way if a datum with a field not in the table si submitted, the field is dynamically created in the table!
The ToDo App running on a Windows 8.1 Desktop:
The SAME ToDo App running on a Windows Phone 8.1:
For second project App there is a config.xml file for setting the Mobile Service URL and AppKey.:
Configuring the app this way means that it be reconfigured without recompilation.
You will need a table in the same Mobile Service called Telemetry.
The Sensor/Telemetry data on Azure Mobile:
The SAME Sensor/Telemetry App running on a Windows Phone 8.1:
Note, being Universal Apps, they will also run on the RT Surface.
NEXT:
CEJson – Part 2: Morphing The ToDo Sample Mobile Services Project into the Telemetry Project