In this episode guests Sumit Chawla (Microsoft Interop Team) & Tim Wise (Dominos Pizza) join Peter to discuss offloading a Java/Tomcat server infrastructure to Windows Azure to save Dominos money (Interview starts at 40:31). Sumit also covers the latest Azure interoperability announcements from Web 2 Expo in NYC.
Guest hosts Gary Russo and Sara Chipps also join Peter for a wrap up of PDC 2009, including Azure, Silverlight 4, MEF on Mono, and Dallas.
Show Notes & Resources:
Gary’s Blog: http://pocketxp.spaces.live.com/ Sara’s Blog: http://girldeveloper.com Sara’s New URL aggregator: http://bundl.it
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Items Discussed during the PDC 09 Wrap-up with Gary & Sara:
Check out the PDC website for recordings of all the keynotes and breakout sessions: http://microsoftpdc.com/ Microsoft Web PI & Application Gallery: Microsoft Web PI: http://www.microsoft.com/web Microsoft Web Gallery: http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/ Java deployment on Windows Azure: Steve Marx: http://blog.smarx.com/ Steve’s Sessions @ PDC: http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-at-pdc-2009 Managed Extensibility Framework: Glenn Block on MEF + Mono @ PDC: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/FT24 Glenn talks to Tim Heuer about MEF + Silverlight: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/11/30/glenn-block-on-mef-in-silverlight.aspx Silverlight 4 Stuff: Tim Heuer’s monster post on Silverlight 4 Features: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/11/18/whats-new-in-silverlight-4-complete-guide-new-features.aspx Tim Heuer’s list of Silverlight 4 links: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/11/22/pdc-silverlight-resources-link-dump-learn-silverlight.aspx VS 2010 Coded UI Test Videos: http://blogs.msdn.com/dannawi/archive/2009/05/06/visual-studio-2010-function-ui-testing.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/TheOliver/Visual-Studio-Team-System-2010-Manual-Test-To-Coded-UI-Test/ http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles_Sterling/UI-Automation-Testing-with-Visual-Studio-2010/ WCF RIA Services: Brad Abrams Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/BradA/ Brad Abrams PDC Sesssion on SL4 + RIA Services: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/CL21 Brad’s Blog ‘monster’ post detailing his PDC talk: http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/11/27/pdc09-talk-building-amazing-business-applications-with-silverlight-4-ria-services-and-visual-studio-2010-now-in-visual-basic.aspx Microsoft + Open Source Birds of A Feather @ PDC: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/BOF109 (no content) Microsoft Codename “Dallas”: http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/Dallas http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/dallas/ http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/ NYC Big Apps Contest: http://www.nycbigapps.com/ Open Government NYC Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/opengovnyc/ NYC.Gov: http://www.nyc.gov
Check out the PDC website for recordings of all the keynotes and breakout sessions: http://microsoftpdc.com/
Microsoft Web PI & Application Gallery:
Java deployment on Windows Azure:
Managed Extensibility Framework:
Silverlight 4 Stuff:
VS 2010 Coded UI Test Videos:
WCF RIA Services:
Microsoft + Open Source Birds of A Feather @ PDC: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/BOF109 (no content)
Microsoft Codename “Dallas”:
NYC Big Apps Contest: http://www.nycbigapps.com/ Open Government NYC Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/opengovnyc/ NYC.Gov: http://www.nyc.gov
Items discussed during Sumit & Tim’s Interview:
Interoperability @ Microsoft Team Sites: http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability Interoperability News @ PDC 09 - Recap: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/20/interoperability-at-pdc09-azure-php-java-ruby-mysql.aspx Sumit Chawla & Tim Wise @ Web 2 Expo NYC: http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2009/public/schedule/detail/10924 http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/php-developers-get-more-choices-with-windows-azure-bing-and-sql-azure.aspx Domino’s Demonstrates Tomcat Site on Windows Azure: http://blogs.msdn.com/jonbox/archive/2009/11/17/domino-s-demonstrates-tomcat-site-on-windows-azure.aspx Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/php-developers-get-an-sdk-for-the-windows-azure-platform-appfabric.aspx Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/bing-search-helps-php-developers-remedy-404-error-pages.aspx SQL CRUD Application Wizard for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/building-php-simple-database-applications-for-sql-server-windows-azure-storage-and-sql-azure.aspx
Interoperability @ Microsoft Team Sites:
Interoperability News @ PDC 09 - Recap: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/20/interoperability-at-pdc09-azure-php-java-ruby-mysql.aspx
Sumit Chawla & Tim Wise @ Web 2 Expo NYC:
Domino’s Demonstrates Tomcat Site on Windows Azure: http://blogs.msdn.com/jonbox/archive/2009/11/17/domino-s-demonstrates-tomcat-site-on-windows-azure.aspx
Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/php-developers-get-an-sdk-for-the-windows-azure-platform-appfabric.aspx
Bing 404 Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/bing-search-helps-php-developers-remedy-404-error-pages.aspx
SQL CRUD Application Wizard for PHP: http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/11/18/building-php-simple-database-applications-for-sql-server-windows-azure-storage-and-sql-azure.aspx