What you need for this book

The hardware requirements are as follows:

• 1.6 GHz or faster processor
• 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
• 10 GB (NTFS) of available hard disk space
• 5400 RPM hard drive
• DirectX 9 capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution

The software requirements and their download or purchase sources are mentioned in the following list:

• Windows 8.1 or greater at http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Windows-8.1/productID.288401200?tduid=e43fc220a3cc8877116cc4a027cb6456
• You can also use your MSDN license to download a copy
• Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition or greater at https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx

  Note

  Note that the samples have only been tested on Visual Studio 2013 and not on Visual Studio 2015 preview.

• Azure SDK 2.5 at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44938
• Entity Framework at https://www.nuget.org/packages/EntityFramework/6.1.1
• Other helpful tools:
  • Resharper: https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
  • Chrome Postman: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-client-packa/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop?hl=en
  • Fiddler: http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler/fiddler4
  • Azure Storage Explorer: https://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/
  • Service Bus Explorer: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/service-bus-explorer-f2abca5a