Windows Azure + WPF + Wikipedia = Wikipedia Explorer
Dot Net Solutions, together with a team of Microsoft evangelists from Redmond and Monochrome, have released a new version of the WPF application Wikipedia Explorer actively using Windows Azure.
What is the Wikipedia Explorer?
This is an application for visualizing links between Wikipedia articles, built on the powerful technology of Windows Presentation Foundation.
And here Windows Azure?
The original version of the application loaded the information from Wikipedia on the fly. This turned out to be a rather slow process. Now, the load can be divided into a large number of powerful servers, which significantly increases the speed. Currently 50 servers are used. The operation, which would take 6 months on one machine, takes about 4 days in Windows Azure.
Installs the application through ClickOnce. To do this, just follow this link, click on that “Install” page and click “Install” in the pop-up window. At the end of the installation, the application will automatically start.
Enter in the search bar what we want to find. In my case “Russia”. At boot time, a nice animation is shown:
Hints appear in the drop-down list:
By default, we see a window with the article itself in its right part and with the visualization of links in the left:
Thanks to WPF, text size can be increased. Content will automatically adapt:
You can also change the contents of the tabs:
A great application that combines several excellent technologies and services. Try it ! :)
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What is the Wikipedia Explorer?
This is an application for visualizing links between Wikipedia articles, built on the powerful technology of Windows Presentation Foundation.
And here Windows Azure?
The original version of the application loaded the information from Wikipedia on the fly. This turned out to be a rather slow process. Now, the load can be divided into a large number of powerful servers, which significantly increases the speed. Currently 50 servers are used. The operation, which would take 6 months on one machine, takes about 4 days in Windows Azure.
Installs the application through ClickOnce. To do this, just follow this link, click on that “Install” page and click “Install” in the pop-up window. At the end of the installation, the application will automatically start.
Enter in the search bar what we want to find. In my case “Russia”. At boot time, a nice animation is shown:
Hints appear in the drop-down list:
By default, we see a window with the article itself in its right part and with the visualization of links in the left:
Thanks to WPF, text size can be increased. Content will automatically adapt:
You can also change the contents of the tabs:
A great application that combines several excellent technologies and services. Try it ! :)
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/60599/
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