Pie in the Sky (November 15, 2013)

Looks like its time for cold and flu season to kick in; woke up with a stuffy head this morning. Good thing I had nothing planned for the weekend!

Here's some interesting links for your weekend reading.

Cloud

• Introduction to WebSockets on Windows Azure Web Sites: Yes, websockets are on azure web sites now.

• WordPress on Windows Azure in 2 minutes or less: Another article on getting WordPress running on Azure.

• Videos for Visual Studio Online Editor: In case you haven't heard, you can now edit Azure Web Sites from the browser.

Client/mobile

• Truly responsive images with responsive-image.js: Loads images based on resolution breakpoints/retina display, etc.

Misc.

• Hacking Lego Mindstorms EV3 with JavaScript: Nice. I may have to pick up the EV3 kit now.

• Grunt tips and tricks: Useful tips.

• Grunt-grunt: Spawn grunt tasks in other gruntfiles.

JavaScript

• 21 JavaScript parts I struggle to remember: I think we all have to get bitten by something a few times before it becomes memorable.

• JSON-mask: Selectively hiding parts of a JSON structure so you only see the interesting bits.

• JavaScript beyond the web: A list of various non-web things (mostly hardware) that JavaScript now powers. JavaScript is now the new Perl/VB/Assembly replacement.

Node.js

• Node v0.10.22 released: Another week, another Node.js release.

• Real-time engines in Node.js: Building real-time applications using websockets.

• Getting started with Hoodie: Hoodie is a new web app development framework, with a focus on client-side development. Sounds neat, might have to try it this weekend.

PHP

• Easy wins for performant PHP: Some tips to improve performance of your PHP site.

• Social network style postings: Part one in a series using PHP, MongoDB, and jQuery to create a post/like/comment thing.

Ruby

• Ruby on Rails' inside: ActionDispatch and Rack: Learn more about some of the internals that make Rails work.

Enjoy!

- Larry