Simple Table Query on Azure <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
The Azure platform allows us to store data through several “no sql” services. One of them is tables. Each table holds entities. Unlike tables on relational databases, these tables don’t follow a schema. Each entity they hold can be with a different number of properties (similarly to MongoDB). The following video clip shows how simple […]
The Azure Storage Explorer <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
The Azure Storage Explorer is one of many tools that allows you to manage the data you store on the Azure platform. You can download it for free at http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com. The following video clip shows how simple it is to use it.
Reflection in PHP <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
Similarly to software programming languages as Java and C#, PHP also allows us to write code that finds information about objects and classes. Whether the class was already known during the development phase or was created afterwards, using reflection we can get detailed information about the class and even invoke its methods or access its […]
Namespaces in PHP <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
PHP 5.3 allows us to group the classes, the constants and the functions we define into separated groups, also known as namespaces. Doing so we can cope with possible names collisions. Unlike previous PHP versions that introduced new features their syntax derive from Java (e.g. the extends and implements keywords), this time the developers of the PHP […]
Patterns Matching in F# <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
Patterns matching allows us to check the exact type of a value we hold. Think about writing the code in C# for getting the same outcome. Patterns matching allows us to write shorter programs simpler for maintenance. You can find the source code in my F# Fundamentals course. You can find its community version available […]
F# Object Oriented Capabilities <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
The F# programming language supports many of the well known object oriented possibilities we know in C#. The following video clips show some of these capabilities. You can find the source code as part of my F# Fundamentals course. Its community version is available for free personal use at www.abelski.com.
Modules in F# <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
Module is a simple container of values, types definition and sub modules. There are two types of modules. Local modules and top level ones. The following video clips show how to define them. You can find the source code as part of my F# Fundamentals course. Its community version is available for free personal usage […]
Develop WordPress Plugins <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
I have recently completed training material that teaches how to develop plugins for WordPress. The following three video clips explain how to develop different types of WordPress plugins. The source code is available in my WordPress Plugins Development new course. You can find its community version available for free personal and academic usage at www.abelski.com
Develop REStful Web Services using Jersey <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It is a web service architecture that focuses on the system resources. Each resource is identified by a URI (Unified Resource Identifier). Accessing the resources is done using HTTP. The server reply is the representation of the resource we try to access. This representation is usually an XML document. JSR 311 specifies Java API for […]
JSON Support in PHP <font size=-2><a href=http://www.lifemichael.com/en/?page_id=73 target=_blank>PRO</a></font>
Since the emergence of PHP 5.2, the JSON extension is already compiled into the PHP execution environment. We can use it out of the box without any specific configuration. The json_encode function receives an array in PHP and encode it into JSON format. The following video clip shows that. The json_decode function receives a string […]