Lesson 6.7: Surface TableStorageReadRepository to Game Services

Our Table repository is complete and tested, so now we need to surface this new repository to our game services. We will continue to follow the pattern we used throughout this chapter: create typed repository builders and add mapping data to the RepositoryFactory to get these new instances. However, because we are starting to get … Continue reading Lesson 6.7: Surface TableStorageReadRepository to Game Services →

Lesson 6.6: Create Table Storage Repository

Now that we have our game data in Azure Table Storage, we need a mechanism for loading that data into our services. To support this, we will implement a new instance IReadableRepository that encapsulates all of the logic for fetching data from Table Storage. The TableStorageReadRepository will follow the pattern that we developed for InMemoryReadRepository … Continue reading Lesson 6.6: Create Table Storage Repository →

Lesson 6.5: Create Azure Tables with Game Data

As we did with blob storage, we need to setup a storage account and the individual tables in Azure Table storage. In this lesson, we will focus on the steps needed to setup the account and tables through the Azure Portal. Then, we will add all of our game data to the appropriate tables. We … Continue reading Lesson 6.5: Create Azure Tables with Game Data →

Lesson 6.3: Create Blob Storage Repository

In Chapter 5, we created a repository interface (IReadableRepository) and repository implementation (InMemoryReadRepository) that loaded data from embedded resource files. We designed our system with these abstractions because we want to try out several Azure storage technologies, and the repository interface gives our service code a measure of isolation from the data implementation technologies. As … Continue reading Lesson 6.3: Create Blob Storage Repository →

Lesson 6.2: Create Blob Storage Container

Azure Blob Storage is an option for saving raw files in containers that can be retrieved and read in our services. We can use a storage account and container to hold our data files. They can be updated by tools, uploaded by the operations team, or edited in Azure directly. Then, the data becomes available … Continue reading Lesson 6.2: Create Blob Storage Container →

Lesson 6.1: Introduction to Azure Storage Options

In this chapter, we will investigate various Azure Storage options for our game services. In the previous chapter, our service just read data from resource files. That isn't very useful for most services, but it allowed us to focus on understanding Azure Functions without getting into storage complexities. However, Azure provides many storage capabilities. All … Continue reading Lesson 6.1: Introduction to Azure Storage Options →

Lesson 5.18: The Wrap

Over the course of this chapter we learned quite a bit of new technology and patterns. This chapter really focused on taking our SimpleRPG game to production in Azure and learning how to use Azure Function to build RESTful web services. We moved our game from a single, self-contained unit to retrieving game data from … Continue reading Lesson 5.18: The Wrap →

Lesson 5.17: Upgrade Blazor Project and Dependencies to .NET 5

With the release of .NET 5, it is time for us to upgrade our simple-game solution to the latest version of .NET. Luckily .NET 5 is actually the next progression of .NET Core 3.1, so there aren't many major breaking changes to get this to work. We need to get onto the latest versions because … Continue reading Lesson 5.17: Upgrade Blazor Project and Dependencies to .NET 5 →

Lesson 5.16: Redeploy SimpleRPG Game to New Storage Account

Our game is now dependent on our Azure Function web services. All of the local game data has been deleted, so the game no longer runs standalone, and it will not launch if it doesn't have an internet connection during startup. However, since we load and cache the game data from the web services at … Continue reading Lesson 5.16: Redeploy SimpleRPG Game to New Storage Account →

Lesson 5.15: Retrieve Remaining Game Data from Services

Lesson 5.14 laid out the detailed description of the changes required to update ItemFactory to fetch ItemTemplate data from our game services. In this lesson, we're going to update the remaining factories to provide the same functionality. We will use the same patterns we did for ItemFactory and make use of the GameServiceClient to communicate … Continue reading Lesson 5.15: Retrieve Remaining Game Data from Services →