Pie in the Sky (December 2, 2011) - The Silver Lining Blog - Site Home

It's the countdown to the holiday's, but we plan on keeping the links flowing through the new year! Here's some interesting links to start December with.

Resources to Run Open Source Stacks on Windows Azure: Resources for running Java, Apache Tomcat, PHP, RoR, Node, Scala, and Python on Azure.
Using the Windows Azure SDK for PHP command-line tools on Linux: Step-by-step instructions for using the Windows Azure SDK for PHP command line tools on Linux.
Video Tutorial – How to add identity to mobile applications – Windows Phone 7 and the Access Control Service – Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Live ID: The only thing the title of the post doesn’t tell you is how detailed the post is.
Web Platform Installer v4 command line (WebPICMD.exe) Preview Release: The Web Platform Installer v4 (WebPI) command line tool is now available as a separate download. This should be handy for creating start up scripts for Azure deployments.
Azure Downloader: This looks very interesting…it is a Windows service which you can run inside your Web Role to sync website contents with a file stored in Blob storage.
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone: v1.3.2 was released on November 29th.
Build the Future in the Cloud: The Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 Windows Azure Challenge is about leveraging Windows Azure platform features to build a web application in the cloud.
Microsoft Codename “Data Transfer”: An easy-to-use Web application to move your data into SQL Azure or Windows Azure Blob storage.
Preview Release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux: A preview release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux is now available for download.
MongoDB on Microsoft Azure: A new preview release of the MongoDB controller for Azure is available.
Greenfoot: Teach & Learn Java Programming: A neat site for visually learning Java in your browser.
Why You Don’t Get Mock Objects: Great presentation on mock objects in Ruby testing. Really helped me understand when and why to use mocks.
HDFS, the cartoon edition: Cute cartoon that explains how the Hadoop Distributed File System works
Node-Toolbox: A site that lists Node packages, what’s popular, recently added, etc.
LDAPjs: A framework for implementing LDAP clients in Node.js. If you aren’t familiar with LDAP, they have a guide for that – http://ldapjs.org/guide.html.
Node.js and MongoDB: Beginner’s guide on using Node and MongoDB together.
Node.js for Java Developers: Know Java and want to learn Node.js? This link might be what you’re looking for.

Have a great weekend!