A weekly roundup of interesting tech articles from July 2011, covering Android, Outlook, Evernote, and military tech.
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Explains how to reuse and nest DataTemplates in WPF for a hierarchy of classes, using ViewModel inheritance to share XAML.
Steve Yegge humorously addresses rumors about quitting Google and discusses the company's culture and interview process.
Microsoft and RealDolmen release version 4 of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, adding storage, management API, and command-line tools.
A personal recap of the Scipy 2011 conference, highlighting keynotes on scientific software, data mining with Python, and trends in statistics and parallel computing.
Announcing early bird registration deadline for EuroSciPy 2011, a conference on scientific computing with Python, featuring tutorials and talks.
A developer shares her journey to JSConf EU and explores techniques for detecting CSS selector support, crucial for writing robust polyfills.
Learn how to make AJAX requests using vanilla JavaScript without jQuery, including handling browser compatibility issues.
A technical solution using JavaScript/jQuery to fix image resizing issues in Google's Blogger platform by enforcing maximum width constraints.
A technical guide on how to disassemble and inspect JIT-compiled code for the Windows Phone CLR, revealing emulator vs. device differences.
Explains how to copy NuGet packages between feeds for stability and speed, covering client-side scripts and MyGet's server-side mirroring feature.
A guide to using the Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles to quickly deploy and manage a multi-site web farm on the Azure platform.
Explores undocumented command-line parameters for the nqcmd utility in Oracle Business Intelligence, including their potential uses and limitations.
Explores a hidden command-line parsing tool within the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, simplifying script development.
Introduces Waldo, a tiny JavaScript bookmarklet for searching and inspecting objects in a web page's runtime object model.
A tutorial on using Clojure to programmatically color SVG maps of Europe, demonstrating XML parsing and manipulation.
A guide exploring the immense challenges and technical steps required to create a high-performance Python implementation from scratch.
A developer introduces createTree, a JavaScript function for building DOM structures to avoid Mobile Safari's innerHTML bugs.
An early look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications, exploring its new container-based architecture and how it redefines PaaS for easier Azure component integration.
A developer's journey creating a polyfill for the HTML5 progress element, detailing technical challenges and solutions for cross-browser compatibility.
