I'll be on vacation next week for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so no blog post next Friday. Here's some links from this week.
Mobile\client
Mobile Services team blog: The Windows Azure Mobile Services team has their own blog now. Just an introductory post for now, but probably a safe bet to add it to your feeds to catch future posts.
Responsivecomments A client-side solution for conditional loading in responsive web design.
Apple's iOS7 native JavaScript Bridge: A little history on JavaScript bridges, then diving into Apple's native bridge for iOS 7.
Run more apps and show more tiles on high-dpi Windows 8.1 displays: How to tweak Win8 to show more stuff on things like the Surface 2.
Node.js
Node.js tools for Visual Studio: Pretty neat, but still alpha quality. Intellisense, debugging, npm GUI.
Litesocket: Real-time server events using Server-Sent Events.
What's new in Node.js v0.12 - Cluster round-robin load balancing: The folks at StrongLoop go over some of the planned features for Node.js v0.12.
npmd: An alternative npm client that caches metadata locally for resolving package dependencies.
PHP
Using PHP streams effectively: A couple of real-world uses for streams.
Social network style posting with PHP, MongoDB and jQuery - part 2: Continuing to make a post/like/comment thing for your web site.
Becoming a PHP professional: The missing link: Advice on advancing your PHP skills.
Misc.
Docstrap: If you're using JSDoc3 to create documentation, docstrap provides some really nice Bootstrap-based themes.
Xcode cheat sheet: For those of you using Xcode.
Weak passwords brute forced: Some GitHub accounts were compromised this week. Check your activity logs and change passwords.
Grunt 0.4.2 released: New version is out, fixes issues for Windows developers.
Enjoy!
- Larry