January, 2012

Here’s the list of links Larry and I found interesting this week…Enjoy! Getting Started with Windows Azure : Scott Guthrie , Corporate VP in charge of the Azure App Platform, walks you through getting started with Azure. Making Windows...

June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP . This release is part of an effort to keep PHP client libraries up to date with new Windows Azure features and to make PHP a first-class citizen in Windows...

In part 2 I discussed how to create a startup task to run tests during application startup. But what if something goes wrong and your test output contains a bunch of failures or the output isn’t generated? If the fix is obvious, making the required...

Another busy week, another batch of links for your Friday enjoyment. This week we have a wide selection of links, covering such diverse topics as language, IDE, cloud services and even… comedy? Enjoy! Windows Azure Queues and Windows Azure...

Among the December updates to the Windows Azure platform was the introduction of SQL Azure Federations . In a nutshell, SQL Azure Federations introduces an abstraction layer for the sharding of SQL Azure databases. The value in federations lies in your...

In part 1 , I presented an overview of testing on Windows Azure. One thing that I missed in the original article is that while there’s no testing framework for Ruby that exposes a web front-end, it’s perfectly possible to have your test results...

Things are not slowing down to start off the new year. This weeks reading list covers everything from running Nginx on Windows Azure to a deploying Node.js projects to Azure using git push . Enjoy… Using Nginx in Windows Azure : A translation...

Last month, I wrote a post that outlined 3 ways to test PHP applications in Windows Azure , and since then I’ve covered two of those approaches: Running PHPUnit in Windows Azure (uses RDP) and Automating PHPUnit Tests in Windows Azure . In this...

I’m taking a short break from thinking about testing PHP applications in Windows Azure (although, ultimately, this will tie into a post about testing). In this post, I’ll show one way that you can password protect a directory for a PHP website...

It’s 2012 now, and I’m finally back from a longish vacation during which I did some relaxing and ate too much sweets. Here’s a collection of links that Brian and I saved up over the holidays, hopefully they’re not too out of date...

Back when Brian and I first started this blog, I wrote about several methods for deploying Ruby applications to Windows Azure . There’s a new way to deploy that I wanted to cover before continuing on the testing Ruby Applications on Windows Azure...

To start the new year off, I’d like to follow up on a couple of posts I wrote last month: Thoughts on Testing OSS Applications in Windows Azure and Running PHPUnit in Windows Azure . In this post, I’ll show you how to deploy your PHPUnit tests...