DZone
Did you know? DZone has great portals for Python, Cloud, NoSQL, and HTML5!

Microzones

  • submit to reddit

The Windows Phone Microzone, which is supported by Microsoft, is your one-stop-shop for news, tutorials, perspectives, and research on the mobile platform that is making waves in smartphone ecosystem.

This content was brought to you in partnership with JNBridge and DiscountASP.NET.  JNBridge specializes in .NET and Java interoperability while DiscountASP.NET provides TFS hosting, migration, and source control as a service.  Be sure to view JNBridge's brief video series on accessing Java from .NET or check out their tech audit.  For your TFS deployment needs, check out DiscountASP.NET and their resources on TFS migration or see how you like their hosting in their free trial.


Python is a fast, powerful, dynamic, and versatile programming language that is being used in a variety of application domains. It has flourished as a beginner-friendly language that is penetrating more and more industries. The Python Zone is a community that features a diverse collection of news, tutorials, advice, and opinions about Python and Django. The Python Zone is sponsored by New Relic, the all-in-one web application performance tool that lets you see performance from the end user experience, through servers, and down to the line of application code.

This content on search technologogy is part of the Solr-Lucene Microzone, supported by Lucid Imagination. They can help you harness the full potential of search through their enterprise Solr development platform—LucidWorks Enterprise—which can make your production process simpler and more cost-efficient with open source configurability.

ThoughtWorks Studios and UrbanCode, the sponsors of the DevOps Zone, are champions of the DevOps movement.  Their deployment tooling solutions focus on the entire software development lifecycle, involving all parts of an organization, which helps facilitate a migration to the DevOps philosophy.

HTML5 is the most dramatic step in the evolution of web standards. It incorporates features such as geolocation, video playback and drag-and-drop. HTML5 allows developers to create rich internet applications without the need for third party APIs and browser plug-ins.  Under the banner of HTML5, modern web standards such as CSS3, SVG, XHR2, WebSockets, IndexedDB, and AppCache are pushing the boundaries for what a browser can achieve using web standards.  This Microzone is supported by Microsoft, and it will delve into the intricacies of using these new web technologies and teach you how to make your websites compatible with all of the modern browsers.

Neo Technology and DataStax are leading the charge for the NoSQL movement.  You can learn more about the Neo4j Graph Database in the project discussion forums and try out the new Spring Data Neo4j, which enables POJO-based development.  You can also see how Apache Cassandra, a ColumnFamily data store, is pushing the boundaries of persistence with cloud capabilities and deployments at SocialFlow and Netflix.