Nyhetskoll - my contribution to the Windows Azure Developer Challenge
I submitted today my contribution to the Swedish Windows Azure Developer Challenge. It's an application, Nyhetskoll, where you can automatically monitor the Swedish newssites for keywords (such as persons, companies or your interests).
The application runs on Windows Azure and it uses SQL Azure för storage and query logics.
I started writing the application last weekend and after having spent a few evening finishing it in time for the deadline, today at 12:00, I was disappointed that they extended the deadline by two months. So much for my hurry!
Well, it made me really explore the Windows Azure platform. It looks promising for the future, but still I would say it is far from stable. Several times when I deployed it got stuck in the "Initializing" phase. It will be very interesting to see what happens at the official release the 19th of November during the PDC.
Feel free to visit Nyhetskoll at:
http://nyhetskoll.cloudapp.net