A Microsoft primer for PHP devs
- 1. A Microsoft primer for PHP devs (or…Microsoft and PHP – a love story)
- 2. Me Glen Gordon Developer Evangelist, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon
- 3. So much time and so little to see! So little time and so much to see!
- 4. My goals Show some cool stuff Tell you where you can get it Tell you where you can learn more Answer questions Go have a beer with y’all
- 5. Stuff we’ll talk about PHP and IIS SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Microsoft AJAX Library Silverlight Expression Web 2.0 …
- 6. PHP and IIS
- 7. PHP on IIS – A Brief History First, there was CGI Invokes new process for each request Easy to configure, pretty stable SLOOOW due to overhead of process creation Then, ISAPI extension Loaded in process Better performance Not stable if code isn’t thread safe What’s the solution?
- 8. The solution - FastCGI Extension to CGI that allows reuse of a process Easy to Configure Faster than CGI More stable than PHP on ISAPI Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound Can run non-thread-safe versions of PHP
- 9. More on FastCGI Developed in close collaboration with Zend Technologies Improvements in PHP engine for IIS with contributions and collaboration back to PHP Community Zend Core Available for Commercially Supported PHP Available for IIS6 (Windows Server 2003) or IIS7 (Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008) Fully supported by Microsoft Where do I get it? http://www.iis.net/php
- 10. IIS7 Cool New Features Modular architecture XML configuration Remote management Advanced diagnostics Integration with Windows Media Server Can easily extend with managed code
- 11. New Modular Architecture The integrated pipeline - or - Managed Native Managed
- 12. Demo
- 13. Leverage the Platform Rich functionality in IIS7 Included modules such as Membership Add-on modules from http://IIS.net SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Other Windows Applications Active Directory Exchange SharePoint Office
- 14. Add-On Modules Publishing WebDAV - Released FTP7 - Released Frontpage Server Extensions - Released Media Pack BitRate Throttling – Go Live Playlists - CTP Other modules to come…
- 15. Good IIS and PHP resources IIS Authentication plugin for the Wordpress PHP blogging engine http://tinyurl.com/ytwndt Installing PHP apps on IIS7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=356242
- 16. SQL Server 2005 driver for PHP
- 17. SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Goal: Provide robust, scalable, and reliable SQL Server connectivity for PHP developers targeting the Windows platform Enterprise “abilities” to PHP/SQL Server Devs. Reliability Scalability Maintainability Base the PHP driver's API on existing data patterns Feb '08 CTP contains API changes based on community feedback For more info, see the team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp
- 18. Demo
- 19. ASP.NET AJAX and PHP
- 20. What is AJAX? A synchronous J avaScript A nd X ML Client/server communication without loading a new page
- 21. What else does AJAX sometimes mean? DHTML: HTML + JavaScript behavior Animations Drag/drop Show/hide details Partial page updates Replace part of the page with UI from the server Stock ticker, news headlines Often with a timer AJA*: XML, HTML, text, JSON
- 22. What is ASP.NET AJAX? Microsoft AJAX Library Cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-backend Pure JavaScript ASP.NET AJAX Extensions ASP.NET-only server controls AJAX Control Toolkit Shared-source, community project, built on AJAX Extensions
- 23. Microsoft AJAX Library Microsoft AJAX Library Browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, others) Core Services Networking Browser Compatibility Components XHTML/CSS Server-generated Proxy Scripts Client
- 24. AJAX Library Design Goals Framework for OOP in JavaScript Namespaces, properties, events, inheritance, reflection, … Encapsulation of controls/behaviors Reusable script components, easy to associate with HTML elements Cross-browser abstraction IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera Seamless integration with “web services”
- 25. Demo
- 26. Microsoft AJAX Library Downloads, documentation, etc. http://ajax.asp.net PHP for Microsoft AJAX Library http://codeplex.com/phpmsajax Steve Marx’s webcast http://tinyurl.com/2pwd5z
- 27. Silverlight
- 28. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences & rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web
- 29. Silverlight Overview Compelling Cross-Platform User Experiences Immersive media experiences & RIA Seamless, fast installation for end users Consistent experiences on Mac / Windows Flexible programming model with collaborative tools Integration with Web technologies Based on the .NET Framework Role specific tools for designers / developers Efficient, lower cost delivery, and more capable media HD to Mobile w/ SMPTE VC-1 Broad media ecosystem Tools for live and on-demand publishing
- 31. Key technology aspects Silverlight asset delivered as text-based XAML XAML can come from static file or dynamic server code XAML defines UI and animations XAML events can be raised to code XAML can be changed at “runtime” .
- 32. Silverlight Development Model JavaScript AJAX Supported with Silverlight 1.0 and 2 Enables JavaScript to program both HTML and JavaScript together Fully supported with ASP.NET AJAX .NET Supported with Silverlight 2 Cross platform version of the .NET Framework included with Silverlight Fully supports VB and C# development in the browser Supports dynamic languages (IronRuby, IronPython, etc)
- 33. Silverlight 2 Runtime Features 2D, Graphics Audio, Video Animations Text, Text Input* Controls* Layout* Styles/Templates* Data Binding* Networking HTTP/S and Sockets* .NET Support* C# and VB.NET* LINQ* XML APIs* Generics* HTML Integration* JSON Serializer Local storage* Crypto APIs (AES)* Threading* * New in Silverlight 2
- 34. Get Started! Visit Silverlight site for samples, demos, videos, whitepapers http://www.silverlight.net Install the Beta 1 Runtime http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/installationFiles.aspx?v=2.0 Install the Visual Studio 2008 tools http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0BAE58E-9C0B-4090-A1DB-F134D9F095FD&displaylang=en Install the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 SDK http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4E03409A-77F3-413F-B108-1243C243C4FE&displaylang=en Expression Studio beta http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/download.aspx?key=studio2beta
- 35. General resources MIX 08 sessions http://sessions.visitmix.com Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com PHP on IIS http://www.iis.net/php
- 36. Questions? Glen Gordon Developer Evangelist, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon