This Week’s Link List (March 18, 2011)
A shorter than usual list this week as I didn’t have as much time to read, but the quantity is eclipsed by the importance (and in some cases, weight) of some of the news…
- Really important stuff…
- How Microsoft is helping in Japan and how you can help: http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/our-actions/in-the-community/disaster-and-humanitarian-response/community-involvement/disaster-response.aspx
- PHP|Architect encourages you to help victims of the tragedy in Japan: http://www.phparch.com/2011/03/phparchitect-encourages-you-to-join-us-in-helping-the-victims-of-the-tragedy-in-japan/
- Important stuff...
- PHP 5.3.6 is now available. Lots of security enhancements. Only VC9 builds are available for Windows. 5.2 is dead. Upgrade now: http://windows.php.net/download/
- Windows Azure…
- If you have been confused by SQL Azure pricing (and you have), this should help clear some of the confusion: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2011/03/11/10140075.aspx
- Craig Marvelley shares his experience in getting started with Eclipse, Azure, and PHP: http://marvelley.com/2011/03/10/using-eclipse-to-run-php-in-azure-devfabric/
- Ben LoBaugh posted several Azure/PHP-related tips this week:
- How to hack your service configuration file:http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/745/hacking-the-windows-azure-php-command-line-tools-to-use-your-serviceconfiguration-cscfg-settings
- Sometimes, you have to pay attention to types: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/755/running-comparisons-on-windows-azure-storage-for-php-developers
- Converting between C# Date.Time.Ticks and Unix timestamps in PHP: http://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/749/converting-datetime-ticks-to-a-unix-timestamp-and-back-in-php
- Miscellaneous…
- Chris Cornutt keeps a running list of folks participating in the "Ideas of March" blogging revival: http://phpdeveloper.org/news/16047
- The IE team at Microsoft comment on the release of IE9: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/03/14/ie9-release-globally-available-for-consumers-and-businesses.aspx
- Dries Buytaert shares his DrupalCon Chicago highlights: http://buytaert.net/drupalcon-chicago-wrapup
- Ricardo Fiel shares why he things WebMatrix is more than a toy: http://css.dzone.com/news/microsoft-webmatrix-more-toy
- Bulat Shakirzyanov shares his thoughts on designing code bases for open source projects: http://avalanche123.com/post/3876887277/how-to-write-clean-code
- For me, this raises lots of interesting questions (and I'm optimistic!): http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/12297_3928086_1/Will-Microsofts-Make-Web-Not-War-Attract-Open-Source-Developers.htm
- Code…
- Jason Gilmore introduces you to his favorite Standard PHP Library (SPL) iterators: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/spl-iterators/Jason_Gilmore03162011.php3
- PHP and JavaScript "hook up": http://freeaqingme.tweakblogs.net/blog/6274/php-js-en-service-layers-blend-like-never-before.html
- Gonzalo Ayuso show you how to do real time notifications using Comet: http://gonzalo123.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/real-time-notifications-with-php/
- On path handling in Doctrine: https://github.com/doctrine/phpcr-odm/wiki/Path-handling
- Interviews…
- Women in Tech Profile: Lauren Bacon (interview): http://www.port25.ca/2011/03/17/women-in-tech-profile-lauren-bacon/
- Cal Evans interviews Ivo Jansch: http://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2011/03/17/interview-with-ivo-jansch/
- Cal Evans interviews Pablo Godel: http://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2011/03/15/interview-with-pablo-godel/
Have a great weekend!
-Brian