At the Intersection of PHP and Microsoft
A shorter than usual list this week as I didn’t have as much time to read, but the quantity is eclipsed by the importance (and in some cases, weight) of some of the news…
Really important stuff… How Microsoft is helping in Japan and how you can help: http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/our-actions/in-the-community/disaster-and-humanitarian-response/community-involvement/disaster-response.aspx PHP|Architect encourages you to help victims of the tragedy in Japan: http://www.phparch.com/2011/03/phparchitect-encourages-you-to-join-us-in-helping-the-victims-of-the-tragedy-in-japan/ Important stuff... PHP 5.3.6 is now available. Lots of security enhancements. Only VC9 builds are available for Windows. 5.2 is dead. Upgrade now: http://windows.php.net/download/ Windows Azure… If you have been confused by SQL Azure pricing (and you have), this should help clear some of the confusion: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2011/03/11/10140075.aspx Craig Marvelley shares his experience in getting started with Eclipse, Azure, and PHP: http://marvelley.com/2011/03/10/using-eclipse-to-run-php-in-azure-devfabric/ Ben LoBaugh posted several Azure/PHP-related tips this week: How to hack your service configuration file:http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/745/hacking-the-windows-azure-php-command-line-tools-to-use-your-serviceconfiguration-cscfg-settings Sometimes, you have to pay attention to types: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/755/running-comparisons-on-windows-azure-storage-for-php-developers Converting between C# Date.Time.Ticks and Unix timestamps in PHP: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/749/converting-datetime-ticks-to-a-unix-timestamp-and-back-in-php Miscellaneous… Chris Cornutt keeps a running list of folks participating in the "Ideas of March" blogging revival: http://phpdeveloper.org/news/16047 The IE team at Microsoft comment on the release of IE9: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/03/14/ie9-release-globally-available-for-consumers-and-businesses.aspx Dries Buytaert shares his DrupalCon Chicago highlights: http://buytaert.net/drupalcon-chicago-wrapup Ricardo Fiel shares why he things WebMatrix is more than a toy: http://css.dzone.com/news/microsoft-webmatrix-more-toy Bulat Shakirzyanov shares his thoughts on designing code bases for open source projects: http://avalanche123.com/post/3876887277/how-to-write-clean-code For me, this raises lots of interesting questions (and I'm optimistic!): http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/12297_3928086_1/Will-Microsofts-Make-Web-Not-War-Attract-Open-Source-Developers.htm Code… Jason Gilmore introduces you to his favorite Standard PHP Library (SPL) iterators: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/spl-iterators/Jason_Gilmore03162011.php3 PHP and JavaScript "hook up": http://freeaqingme.tweakblogs.net/blog/6274/php-js-en-service-layers-blend-like-never-before.html Gonzalo Ayuso show you how to do real time notifications using Comet: http://gonzalo123.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/real-time-notifications-with-php/ On path handling in Doctrine: https://github.com/doctrine/phpcr-odm/wiki/Path-handling Interviews… Women in Tech Profile: Lauren Bacon (interview): http://www.port25.ca/2011/03/17/women-in-tech-profile-lauren-bacon/ Cal Evans interviews Ivo Jansch: http://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2011/03/17/interview-with-ivo-jansch/ Cal Evans interviews Pablo Godel: http://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2011/03/15/interview-with-pablo-godel/
Have a great weekend!
-Brian
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