Backlog

Bold indicates vNext focus.

• Test Debt

  • Improve test scenarios and automation
  • In-depth testing of existing code (stress, security, etc.)
  • E2E testing

• WebPI Client-Side Install

  • Remake PHP installation in WebPI – WebPI install of PHP on devbox currently has no path support, no PEAR, no uninstall ability. We should allocate resources to remake the way WebPI installs PHP.

• Docs

  • Service Runtime How-To + README
  • Service Management How-To + README
  • Composer across-the-board

• Blob-based runtime installation

  • Install PHP runtime directly off blob storage from cached WebPI feed.
  • Also need to implement commandlet improvements for it.

• Configuration Class

  • Spec
  • Implement – in progress
  • How-tos – update how-tos based on new config

• Websites PHP.INI modification ability

• Cross-plat build script

• PHP Versioning Story

  • Ability to choose version in Azure Websites
  • Ability to choose version in Azure Cloud Services

• PHP 5.4 Support

  • Test client libs with 5.4
  • Scaffold installing PHP 5.4
  • Cmdlets for choosing runtime version

• Service Management

  • Hosted Services – not implemented
  • How-to – not started

• Xdebug (remote debugging)

  • Cmdlet for adding xdebug to web/worker
  • Coordinate with Antares on xdebug story if any
  • How-to for it

• Logging

  • Easy surfacing of logs for Websites and Cloud Services via cmdlet (similar to Node)

• Caching

  • Cmdlet for adding memcached shim to web/worker
  • How-to for using it

• JSON Support

  • Allow library to make REST calls with JSON payloads in addition to XML payloads

• Automatic Dependency download

  • User should not have to deploy dependency packages from PEAR, Composer, but just specify via package.xml/composer.json and installation should occur automatically on cloud services and websites.

• Web Sites PHP Configurability: php.ini, compiled extension installation ability

• Misc Content

  • How-Tos
    • Scheduling Tasks
    • Using PHP 5.2 (legacy support)
  • Tutorials
    • Develop+deploy with a PHP framework
    • Develop+deploy with a PHP IDE
    • Website + VM hosting NoSQL DB