Pie in the Sky (November 2, 2012)

It's Friday once again, and we're here with a list of links for your weekend reading pleasure:

• Continuous Deployment with Windows Azure Websites and Bitbucket: This adds to the continuous deployment options from GitHub and CodePlex.

• //build/ today with open source frameworks on Windows Phone 8: "Added support for Windows Phone 8 in Apache Cordova, Sencha Touch, Cocos2D, Ogre3D and other open source frameworks."

• MongoLab on Windows Azure: MongoLab announces the availability of MongoDB-as-a-service on Windows Azure.

• Windows Azure Poster: A nice (free!) summary of Windows Azure for developers and IT Pros.

• Custom Search with Azure Mobile Services in JavaScript: Josh Holmes walks you through how he published his first Windows 8 app in JavaScript using the Azure Mobile Services.

• How to use WebSockets with node.js apps hosted in iisnode: This post shows you how to use WebSockets in node.js applications hosted in IIS 8 by using the recently released iisnode v0.2.0.

• Python Tools for Visual Studio: "PTVS is a free/OSS plugin that turns Visual Studio into a Python IDE."

• Here’s What’s New with Windows Azure: A rundown of all the latest Windows Azure announcements at //build.

• Windows Azure's Flat Network Storage and 2012 Scalability Targets: An interesting post on network changes for Windows Azure storage, along with scalability targets for storage for this year.

• Geeklist OAuth for Windows Phone: For anyone that wants to enable your app to authorize users via Geeklist.

• //build/ 2012 videos: Tons of video from //build/.

• TransMediaApplication: Or "why you should design experiences, not applications".

• If you're in the United States, remember that this weekend is the end of daylight saving time.

Thanks, - Larry