14 DAY TRIAL // Developers building services and applications on top of Microsoft’s Cloud leveraging PHP or Java can now access a collection of new code samples offered free of charge by the Redmond company. A set of fresh Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples for PHP and Java are now up for grabs via Microsoft CodePlex.
The software giant announced the availability of the June CTP of Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus REST API from Java, PHP on July 28th, 2011.
“Since the AppFabric Service Bus REST API can be used from almost all programming languages and operating systems, it makes it very easy for applications written on any platform to interoperate with each another through Windows Azure,” revealed Alessandro Catorcini, Principal Group Program Manager Windows Azure.
“To illustrate the point, we took the chat application that is already available as part of the Silverlight samples and made sample clients in PHP and Java that can all work seamlessly together.”
Since Microsoft’s Cloud platform allows developers to leverage a wide range of programming languages, Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus sample site on CodePlex contains a number of additional resources, in addition to those for PHP and Java.
In the post published on the Windows Azure blog which announced the release of the June CTP of Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus REST API from Java, PHP, Catorcini also provides guidance for devs to get started with the latest resources offered by Microsoft.
“The Service Bus provides secure messaging and connectivity capabilities that enable building distributed and disconnected applications in the cloud, as well as hybrid applications across both on-premise and the cloud. It enables using various communication and messaging protocols and patterns, and saves the need for the developer to worry about delivery assurance, reliable messaging and scale,” reads the official description of the CodePlex rvice Bus Samples site.