This Week’s Link List (July 1, 2011)

I wish I could attribute my recent lapse in reading to enjoying more time outside in a beautiful, sunny Seattle summer. But alas, summer hasn’t really arrived yet, and work hasn’t slowed down (the pace seems to have picked up, actually). So, my list is a bit shorter than usual (but not short on quality!). Enjoy…

• I expect more articles will be written based on last week's SQL Server JumpIn! Camp, but here's a couple…
  • Mark Story shows how to get SQL Server and IIS running in a VM on a MacOS using a local directory: http://mark-story.com/posts/view/developing-for-sqlserver-and-iis-in-a-virtual-machine
  • MediaWiki running on IIS, SQL Server, SQL Azure, and Windows Azure! http://mediawikiworker.blogspot.com/2011/06/sql-server-jumpin-outcome.html

• Windows Azure news…
  • A quick preview of the new packaging feature available in the upcoming Windows Azure SDK for PHP: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/855/a-quick-look-at-the-upcoming-packaging-tool-in-the-windows-azure-sdk-for-php
  • Part 3 of how to scale PHP applications in Windows Azure: http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/scaling-php-applications-on-windows-azure-part-iii-performance-monitor
  • The Windows Azure team announces free data ingress for all customers: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2011/06/22/announcing-free-ingress-for-all-windows-azure-customers-starting-july-1st-2011.aspx

• Node.js is coming to Windows!
  • Microsoft's take on the work being done: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2011/06/23/microsoft-working-with-joyent-and-the-node-community-to-bring-node-js-to-windows.aspx
  • Joyent's perspective: http://joyeur.com/2011/06/23/joyent-partners-with-ms-to-port-node-js-to-windows/
  • Ryan Dahl's point of view: http://blog.nodejs.org/2011/06/23/porting-node-to-windows-with-microsoft%E2%80%99s-help/

• On writing code…
  • Good insight on refactoring for readability and maintainability: http://css.dzone.com/refcardz/html/practical-php-refactoring/practical-php-refactoring-0
  • Sorting multi-dimensional arrays: http://shiflett.org/blog/2011/jun/sorting-multi-dimensional-arrays-in-php
  • Autoloading, serializing, and querying PHP objects: http://www.elated.com/articles/object-oriented-php-autoloading-serializing-and-querying-objects/
  • "Two-Factor" authentication with CodeIgniter (and you will learn what "two-factor" auth is): http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/integrating-two-factor-authentication-with-codeigniter/

• Miscellaneous…
  • Command line tools for managing PHP in IIS are available as part fo the PHP Manager! http://ruslany.net/2011/06/command-line-tools-for-managing-php-in-iis/
  • Josh Holmes on HTML5 and developing for mobile devices: http://www.joshholmes.com/blog/2011/07/01/is-that-a-rich-web-in-your-pocket/

• Just for fun…
  • The math teacher in me drools: http://www.mathjax.org/
  • This is cool...the Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors: http://searchengineland.com/seotable

Have a great weekend! For those in the U.S., enjoy the long weekend!

-Brian

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