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posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 3:10 PM
Amongst the myriad of tasty bits floating across DevCentral this week brings us a cool iControl Tech Tip from one of our usually prolific bloggers. That doesn't mean she stopped blogging, of course. Much to the contrary, her contributions were welcome as always and added to the array of info at your fingertips. Here to guide you through to some of the meatier morsels I act, as always, as your faithful guide to DevCentral goodness. Here's your Top5 for this week:
WebAccelerator Beta and Toys
http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/dmacvittie/archive/2008/10/03/webaccelerator-beta-and-toys.aspx
Don jumps into the fray talking about the brand new news in DCLand - WebAccelerator! We've signed up for the WA beta and will be going through that process and sharing it with the community from beginning to end. There should be some very cool content so keep an eye out. In addition to just talking about the beta Don goes into some more detail about some very, very cool new WA features such as signed and encrypted WA policies. That's something that's been talked about off and on for a while and is just too darn cool not to talk about (for Don) or highlight (for me). Take a look and get the scoop yourself. And make sure you keep coming back to DC over the coming months as there will surely be lots more WA talk…and more.
The Concise Guide to Proxies
http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2008/10/02/the-concise-guide-to-proxies.aspx ![fullproxy_thumb[21]](http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/images/devcentral_f5_com/weblogs/cwalker/WindowsLiveWriter/DevCentralTop510308_D3A6/fullproxy_thumb%5B21%5D_thumb_1.jpg)
Lori's at it again with yet another fantastic, informative, organized, well written blog post. I'd say it's annoying how good she is if she weren't contributing so much darn cool stuff to DC for everyone's benefit. This week I couldn't pass up showing off her guide to proxies. Inside she walks through different proxy architectures, describes each, the differences, some common uses and more. She even gives diagrams of each to make sure things don't get too confusing. If you've ever had any confusion around which does what or why you'd use it, or if you're just up for an excellent read, take a look inside.
Automatically adding and removing Java EE applications to pools with iControl
http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=274
Lori's contributions to the DC community and knowledge base don't stop with blogs alone. This week she's contributed a cool Tech Tip of the iControl variety. As the title suggests, this article is all about how to automatically deal with your Java EE applications on your BIG-IP. Inside you'll get code that shows the solution at work, as well as a step by step walk-through of what you'll need to do to get things running. She even gives you a link to another article that can show you how to add more flexibility to this introductory automation solution. For those of you looking for cool iControl use cases or interesting things to show off about your BIG-IP, here's a great candidate.
Microsoft Wants to Pay You 25 cents An Hour For Searching With SearchPerks
http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/Joe/archive/2008/10/01/microsoft-wants-to-pay-you-25-cents-an-hour-for.aspx
Getting paid to perform web searches sounds like a pretty easy gig, if you ask me. That, however, doesn't mean that I want to sell my time for 25 cents an hour, just because it's easy. Take a look to get Joe's comments and perspective on Microsoft's SearchPerks program which is an attempt to get people to use their search engine over….others. Sure, it may be an interesting ploy to gobble up some market share, assuming you can convince people that the long-term commitment to the new search engine is worth it, but Joe breaks down some of the numbers into raw, mathematical terms and, well, it just doesn't pay off in my book. See for yourself inside, as well as taking a look at some of the things MS is offering as rewards.
Motorola builds an army of Android devs with plans to take over the mobile world
http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/cwalker/archive/2008/09/29/motorola-builds-an-army-of-android-devs-with-plans-to.aspx
An army of Androids bent on taking over the world?!? Oh no! Before you run for the hills you should really take a look at this blog post in which I talk about the real army that Motorola is putting together. They're upping their development team from around 50, to over 350 members specializing in the newly released Google Mobile platform, Android. Nokia is making a similar investment in warm bodies to produce hot code. This can only mean good things for mobile computing users as the market heats up, making Apple think about how to improve and enhance the iPhone so it doesn't get passed up with this new, open platform. I'm excited to see what these giants can produce with the flexible new OS at their fingertips. I'll keep following Android as new info and products are released, so check back often if you're curious to see what's new.
There it is, another Top5 for this decidedly fall-esque October Friday. As always I hope it serves you well, and if you've got comments, questions or feedback, please send it my way.
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