This Week’s Link List (December 3, 2010)
November was an exceptionally busy month and, by the looks of things, December promises to be just as busy. This week’s links include news about an update release for the PHP Drivers for SQL Server, the JumpIn! Camp that took place a couple of weeks ago, and much more…
- An update release for the MS Drivers for PHP for SQL Server 2.0 is now available: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlphp/archive/2010/11/30/update-release-of-the-microsoft-drivers-for-php-for-sql-server.aspx
- Ashay Chaudhary (@ashay_c), the Program Manager for the PHP drivers for SQL Server, recaps the JumpIn! Camp: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlphp/archive/2010/11/29/all-about-the-sql-server-jumpin-camp.aspx
- Marc-Andre (@marcan), founder of INBOX International, Inc., shares his experience at JumpIn! Camp: http://inboxinternational.com/web-dev/microsoft-jump-in-camp-in-seattle/
- JumpIn! Camp experiences from the builders of TangoCMS: http://octarineparrot.com/article/view/the-adventure-begins
- The RedmondDeveloper blog provides a somewhat different perspective on the JumpIn! Camp: http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/11/microsoft-php-developers-sql-server-azure.aspx?sc_lang=en
- Juozas Kaziukenas (@juokaz) writes about why he embraces PHP on Windows: http://dev.juokaz.com/php/why-i-embrace-php-on-windows
- Maarten Balliuaw (@martenballiauw) blogs about new PHP/Azure resources: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2010/11/26/Writing-for-the-Windows-Azure-for-PHP-portal.aspx
- A new post on the IIS blog shows how to replace the built in basic authentication module to support non-english characters: http://blogs.iis.net/yigalatz/archive/2010/11/24/replacing-the-built-in-basic-authentication-module-to-support-non-english-characters-in-a-httpwebrequest.aspx
- A look at how Drupal 7 is leveraging SQL Server Reporting Services: http://cm-bloggers.blogspot.com/2010/11/drupal-7-and-sql-server-reporting.html
- Till Klampaeckel blogs about uses for the track_errors function: http://till.klampaeckel.de/blog/archives/120-Tracking-PHP-errors.html
- SilverStripe gets Windows Server 2008 R2 certification: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/silverstripe-web-cms-certified-for-windows-server-2008-r2-009374.php
- A call for papers for TEK11 in Chicago is open until December 17th (and the speaker package looks great!): http://tek11.phparch.com/
- Jason Gilmore writes about boosting PHP site performance with Zend Framework data caching: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/zend_cache/Jason_Gilmore12012010.php3
- Ian Barber describes in a video some of the basic rules for debugging in any language and shows how to use some of the tools available for PHP developers: http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw10/2010/12/02/phpnw10-ian-barber-rules-and-tools/
Have a great weekend!
-Brian