In this episode, guest Maarten Balliauw joins Peter to discuss his implementation of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for PHP and linking (non-pun intended) PHP to Microsoft Office Excel via the PHPExcel project. Maarten is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET and a PHP developer.

Also, Dmitry and Peter discuss WinCache for PHP 1.0, Moonlight 2.0, and having a backup strategy.

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Show Notes & Resources:

Maarten’s Blog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/

Items Discussed During the News & Banter with Peter & Dmitry:

WinCache for PHP 1.0

• Version 1.0 Released to Web - http://ruslany.net/2009/11/wincache-extension-1-0-for-php-release-to-web/
• WinCache for PHP on IIS.NET - http://www.iis.net/expand/WinCacheForPhp
• WinCache for PHP in PECL on PHP.NET - http://pecl.php.net/package/WinCache

Ruslan Yakushev’s Blog: http://ruslany.net

Run Multiple Versions of PHP on IIS: http://ruslany.net/2009/12/multiple-php-versions-on-the-same-iis-server/

Microsoft Web Platform Installer: http://www.microsoft.com/web

Moonlight 2.0 Stuff

• Moonlight 2.0 - http://go-mono.com/moonlight/
• Moonlight Project Roadmap - http://www.mono-project.com/MoonlightRoadmap
• Miguel DeIcaza Announces Release of Moonlight 2.0: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Dec-17.html
• Microsoft Covenant to End Users of Moonlight 2.0 - http://www.microsoft.com/interop/msnovellcollab/newmoonlight.mspx
• Moonlight 2.0 coverage by Mary Jo Foley: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4807&tag=trunk;content
• Moonlight 2.0 coverage by Linux Planet: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6932/1/

Bing News

• Bing Maps Silverlight Beta - Try It! - http://www.bing.com/maps/explore
• Bing Maps Blog Provides the Scoop on New Features: http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/archive/2009/12/02/bing-maps-adds-streetside-enhanced-bird-s-eye-photosynth-and-more.aspx
• Channel 9 Video on Bing Maps Streetside: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LauraFoy/First-Look-Streetside-in-Bing-Maps/
• Bing App for iPhone: http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/12/15/bing-for-mobile-comes-to-the-iphone.aspx
• Details on the Map aspects of the Bing iPhone app: http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/archive/2009/12/16/bing-unveils-iphone-application-with-maps.aspx
• Asa Dotzler Recommends Bing! - http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2009/12/if_you_have_nothing.html

Always Have a Backup Plan!

• Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog suffers catastrophic data loss: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001315.html
• Phil Haack suffers from the same loss: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/12/14/back-in-business-again.aspx
• Phil Haack describes how the IIS SEO Toolkit Saved His Butt: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/12/14/back-in-business-again.aspx
• Get a Windows Home Server! - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx

Items Discussed During the Maarten Balliauw Interview:

• Maarten Balliauw’s Blog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/
• Peter’s Microsoft Web Developer Summit Wrap-Up: http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/12/08/microsoft-web-developer-summit-2009-wrap-up.aspx
• PHP SDK for Windows Azure: http://phpazure.codeplex.com/
• Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse: http://www.windowsazure4e.org/
• PHPLinq Project: http://www.phplinq.net/
• PHP Excel Project: http://www.phpexcel.net/
• Maarten Blogs about PHP MEF: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2009/12/02/PHP-Managed-Extensibility-Framework-e28093-PHPMEF.aspx