Introduction

This article is a collection of useful links that will help you hitting the ground running when learning how to build cloud based RESTful services and ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile client applications.

Figure 1: Bringing out the big guns for hitting the ground running with Azure and ASP.NET Web API and MVC

Tutorials

Windows Azure Tutorials

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/web-sites/how-to-create-websites/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/end-to-end-Apps/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/aspnet-mvc-4-mobile-website/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/rest-service-using-web-api/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/tutorials/get-started-ios/
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/nodejs/common-tasks/publishing-with-git/

ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web API

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/building-an-asp-net-mvc4-application-with-ef-and-webapi/
https://github.com/jcreamer898/NetTutsMvcEf
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/344078/ASP-NET-WebAPI-Getting-Started-with-MVC4-and-WebAP
http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/creating-web-apis
http://www.asp.net/mvc
http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc4

ASP.NET Mobile

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/CreateAGreatMobileExperienceForYourWebsiteTodayPlease.aspx
http://coding-in.net/asp-net-mvc4-create-a-mobile-application/

JQuery Mobile

http://jquerymobile.com/

Azure DB Design

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/tools.aspx

IOS JSON Consuming App

http://www.raywenderlich.com/store/ios-apprentice (Store Search Tutorial)
http://www.raywenderlich.com/13511/how-to-create-an-app-like-instagram-with-a-web-service-backend-part-12
http://www.raywenderlich.com/13541/how-to-create-an-app-like-instagram-with-a-web-service-backend-part-22

Videos

ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web API

Building Responsive Web Applications with MVC4, WebAPI and HTML5
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2012/DEV332

ASP.NET for Mobile and Tablet Development
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DEV304

Building HTTP Services with ASP.NET Web API
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DEV309

ASP.NET Roadmap: One ASP.NET – Web Forms, MVC, Web API, and more
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DEV301

Building Services for Any Client with ASP.NET Web API
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-036

Bleeding edge ASP.NET: See what is next for MVC, Web API, SignalR and more…
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-028

DB Design

Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools: Database Development from Zero to Sixty
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Europe/2012/DBI311

Online Training

ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web API

ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/aspdotnet-mvc

Building Applications with ASP.NET MVC 4
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/mvc4-building

Introduction to the ASP.NET Web API
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/aspnetwebapi

Building ASP.NET MVC Apps with EF Code First, HTML5, and jQuery
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/web-development

jQuery Fundamentals
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/jquery-fundamentals

jQuery Mobile and ASP.NET MVC 4
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/jquery-mobile

Git Fundamentals
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/git-fundamentals

Introduction to CSS
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/css-intro

CSS3
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/css3

HTML5 Fundamentals
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/html5-fundamentals

Using HTML5 and CSS3
http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/html5css3-upgrade

Ausblick

ASP.NET Web API is cool because, it lets you create services that can be consumed by an MVC 4 website or by an IPad app. Azure is nice, because it provides you with a free integration server for hosting your web service and your database server. And not to forget to mention the tight integration with Visual Studio and PowerShell for peace-of-mind development, testing and deployment.