Web Development Strategy @ Microsoft : ASP.NET / PHP / Silverlight / Java / UX

In Love with Orchard

2010-10-04T19:59:29Z

I’m so enamored with Orchard ( http://www.orchardproject.net ) that I’ve decided to make it my primary blogging platform. Come check out my new blog at http://www.philotic.com/blog , written and run on the Orchard platform! All future blog posts will be there, so be sure to check it out!...(read more)

SQL Server Driver for PHP Adds Support for PHP Data Objects

2010-04-20T01:49:38Z

This week, Microsoft is participating in the DrupalCon San Francisco Conference at the Moscone Center. The event marks an important milestone for Microsoft, as we announced the release of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the new SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0, which includes support for PHP Data Objects (PDO). The SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 with PDO will enable popular PHP applications like Drupal 7 to use the PDO “PHP style” and interoperate smoothly with Microsoft’s SQL Server database...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4, ASP.NET 4 Released

2010-04-14T05:28:26Z

Yesterday, Microsoft launched the final release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, which includes many of the frameworks, tools and languages utilized when deploying solutions on Microsoft’s Web Platform . As part of this launch, deploying ASP.NET applications gets a lot easier! The newest versions of both ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC 2 are now immediately available for download. Also, the team just finished updating the Microsoft Web Platform Installer to include the latest version of the...(read more)

Free training on Microsoft Web Platform in Web Camps

2010-04-09T08:24:00Z

function webCamps() {
   day1.Learn();
   day2.Build();
}

Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft's Web Platform and developer tools like ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 can make you a more productive web developer? If you're currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP or older versions of ASP.NET and want to hear how you can create amazing websites more easily, then register for a Web Camp near you today!

Microsoft's Web Camps are free, two-day events that allow you to learn and build on the Microsoft Web Platform. At camp, you will hear from Microsoft experts on the latest components of the platform, including ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, Entity Framework, IIS, Visual Studio 2010 and much more.

Web Camps also provide the opportunity to get hands on with labs and get creative by building in teams. All this with Microsoft experts on hand to guide you through.

We look forward to seeing you at camp soon!

www.webcamps.ms

Presenting IIS URL Rewriter 2.0

2010-03-25T20:13:22Z

Optimizing Windows Server-based Web sites for search just got a lot easier now that the final release of IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 is available for download . The newest version of URL Rewriter takes URL simplification to the next level by enabling developers and site administrators to replace complex URLs generated by Web applications with simpler, more user and search engine friendly URLs. IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 seamlessly integrates with your existing IIS management console to give you control over URL...(read more)

FastCGI for IIS6 and IIS5.1 has been released.

2010-01-19T16:13:04Z

Today the IIS team released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1. This allows popular application frameworks that support the FastCGI protocol to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high performing and reliable way. FastCGI provides an alternative to the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), a standard way of interfacing external applications with Web servers that has been part of IIS since it’s very first release. All the details, including how to install can be found at Ruslan’s IIS blog...(read more)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Just Got Easy

2010-01-13T18:14:23Z

Today, Microsoft announced a monthly spotlight series, beginning with the SEO Toolkit , an extension for IIS. Start with the free download, review your website, and make changes fast. The SEO Toolkit with its detailed analysis and search engine friendly suggestions helps improve the relevance of your website in search results right away. The SEO Toolkit will help you: · Increase website traffic and revenue · Influence and update search engines · Improve customer experience For more information or...(read more)

Microsoft, Open Source and the CODEPLEX Foundation

2009-12-09T17:58:56Z

Today the CodePlex Foundation announced the addition of the Orchard Project to it’s ASP.NET Gallery . Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused project aimed at delivering applications and reusable components using the ASP.NET platform. It’s first focus will be on delivering a .NET-based CMS application, and an extensibility framework allowing developers and customizers to provide additional functionality through extensions and themes. It joins the ASP.NET Ajax Library as an open source application...(read more)

Accelerate PHP Applications on Windows with the new Cache Extension

2009-11-23T19:54:18Z

What is it? The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and Windows Server. Once the Windows Cache Extensions for PHP are enabled and loaded by the PHP engine – PHP applications can take advantage of the functionality without any code modifications. Increase PHP application performance on Windows by caching PHP bytecode in memory Windows Cache Extension for PHP stores the PHP bytecode, the compiled version of the...(read more)

Web 2.0 – What’s it all about?

2009-11-12T19:36:48Z

Introduction Ask any ten people what Web 2.0 is and you’ll likely get ten different answers. Ask any ten business owners what it is, and you’ll likely get the same variety of answers – but one thing will be in common – they’ll all want to have a part of it, and they’ll all want to be able to ride the Web 2.0 wave for the sake of their business. Perhaps it’s fitting to use the Wikipedia definition of Web 2.0, as Wikipedia itself is a poster child of Web 2.0 sites. There, Web 2.0 is defined as: The...(read more)