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June 2008
Destroy Today
by Xavier Lacot
& 1 other
DestroyFlickr explores alternative methods for viewing and sharing Flickr content. Its user interface provides an environment that benefits photos rather than hindering them.
Versions - Mac Subversion Client
by Xavier Lacot
(via)
Versions provides a pleasant way to work with Subversion on your Mac. Whether you’re a hardcore Subversion user or new to version control systems, Versions will help streamline your workflow.
May 2008
SearchMonkey - YDN
by Xavier Lacot
& 1 other
Using SearchMonkey, developers and site owners can use structured data to make Yahoo! Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites.
Yay ! Semantic Web appearing ?
InfoQ: Tapestry for Nonbelievers
by ddelangle
Apache Tapestry is a component-oriented framework for creating web applications in Java. Tapestry applications are build from pages which are constructed from components. The framework takes care about input validation, localization/internationalization, state/persitency management, URL construction/parameter mapping, etc.
SMOB - Semantic Microblogging Architecture
by Xavier Lacot
& 1 other
SMOB is a distributed / decentralised microblogging system built on RDF and Semantic Web technologies, mainly SIOC and FOAF. Currently, we have simple prototypes of a publishing and an aggregating service, less than 100 lines of PHP code each.
freshAIRapps.com - Adobe AIR Application Showcase, Tutorials and Resources
by Xavier Lacot
Showcase, tutorial and resource website for Adobe AIR.
Protoflow
by Xavier Lacot
& 2 others
ProtoFlow is a coverflow effect written in Javascript. It uses Prototype and Scriptaculous to do bulk of the work and it uses Reflection.js to do all the image reflections stuff!
sfFirePHP plugin
by Xavier Lacot
FirePHP enables you to print to your Firebug Console using a simple PHP function call. What makes FirePHP different? All data is sent via a set of X-FirePHP-Data response headers. This means that the debugging data will not interfere with the content on your page. Thus FirePHP is ideally suited for AJAX development.
Introduction to Opera Dragonfly
by Xavier Lacot
& 2 others
We have unleashed the Dragonfly! Opera Dragonfly is Opera's all-new set of developer tools, designed to give developers a lightweight-but-powerful application that provides effective mechanisms for web standards debugging and problem solving without slowing down the browser, and fits in nicely with the development workflow.
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April 2008
The Evolution of Web 3.0
by Xavier Lacot
Marta Strickland talks about the Web 3, the Web 2, the Web 1, the semantic Web... All about the Web, anyway. Getting bored of it all.
March 2008
Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | RESTify DayTrader
by mbertier
& 1 other
(via)
Why build a RESTful web service for DayTrader? Because I frequently hear that REST can't be applied to complex situations. I also want to use the example as motivation for talking about some of the idioms that are available to handle more extensive requirements.
InfoQ: A Brief Introduction to REST
by mbertier
& 1 other
You may or may not be aware that there is debate going on about the “right” way to implement heterogeneous application-to-application communication: While the current mainstream clearly focuses on web services based on SOAP, WSDL and the WS-* specification universe, a small, but very vocal minority claims there’s a better way: REST, short for REpresentational State Transfer. In this article, I will try to provide a pragmatic introduction to REST and RESTful HTTP application integration without digressing into this debate. I will go into more detail while explaining those aspects that, in my experience, cause the most discussion when someone is exposed to this approach for the first time.
InfoQ: Addressing Doubts about REST
by mbertier
& 1 other
Invariably, learning about REST means that you’ll end up wondering just how applicable the concept really is for your specific scenario. And given that you’re probably used to entirely different architectural approaches, it’s only natural that you start doubting whether REST, or rather RESTful HTTP, really works in practice, or simply breaks down once you go beyond introductory, “Hello, World”-level stuff. In this article, I will try to address 10 of the most common doubts people have about REST when they start exploring it, especially if they have a strong background in the architectural approach behind SOAP/WSDL-based Web services.
