Pie in the Sky (May 31, 2013)

It looks like it is going to be super hot this weekend, and the fabled Southern US humidity is starting to kick in too. Might be time to go visit my friends in the mountains! :) Hopefully you are staying cool wherever you are, and have some time to relax and enjoy this weeks links:

Cloud

• Code Project's Azure cloud challenge: Complete the challenge, win rewards.

Java

• Controlling Access to Windows Azure Blob Containers with Java: Details and example code for setting access control to Windows Azure blob containers using Java.

• Controlling Access to Windows Azure Queues with Java: Details and example code for setting access control to Windows Azure queues using Java.

• Controlling Access to Windows Azure Tables with Java: Details and example code for setting access control to Windows Azure tables using Java.

Node.js

• Node.js v0.10.9 released: Another week, another Node.js release.

• StrongLoop Node 1.0 GA - an Enterprise ready Node.js distribution: For anyone that needs a coimmercially supported Node.js Distribution.

• Real time game with Node.js and Socket.IO: An example of creating a real-time, multi-user game using Node.js and Socket.io

• Run .NET and Node.js code in-process with Edge.js: Edge.js is an interesting project that lets you use .NET (either inline or by loading an assembly) from a Node.js application.

PHP

• New Windows Azure SDK for PHP feature - RunPHP: There's a new command in the SDK that makes it easier to run/test PHP applications locally on Windows machines.

Mobile

• Optimizing your JavaScript game for FireFox OS: While this article is specifically about FireFox OS, most of the things discussed apply generically to low memory, low power CPU mobile devices.

Misc.

• jQuery 1.10.0 and 2.0.1 released: Synchronizing features and fixing bugs.

• Learn regular expressions: Regular expressions are awesome, but using them in code is usually like speaking Klingon; nobody else on your team can understand it. Thankfully you can now point them to this topic, and the included cheat sheet.

• Enhanced animation in AngularJS: Using AngularJS and want to do animations? Here's your link.

• WideArea: A nifty replacement for textarea inputs that lets you go full-screen mode for distraction free input.

• Module pattern in JavaScript and CoffeeScript: Explains the module pattern and why it's useful.

Enjoy!

- Larry

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