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• How to Use Links to Manage Application Flow

  

  By adfm : 13 May 2010 - 01:03 PM

  If you're building a web service and would like to use links to control application flow on the server, but don't know where to start, try this recipe from Subbu Allamaraju's RESTful Web Services Co...

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  • REST
  • API
  • flow
  • interface

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• How to Document RESTful Web Services

  

  By adfm : 22 April 2010 - 03:19 PM

  Have you just created the ultimate RESTful interface for a revolutionary new web service and now want to document it? Good thing there's this excerpt from Subbu Allamaraju's RESTful Web Services Coo...

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  • REST
  • API
  • documentation
  • web service
  • URI

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• Introducing the Web Workers API

  

  By adfm : 15 April 2010 - 02:06 PM

  Web workers offer a potential performance increase and the ability to execute code outside the browser UI. This excerpt from Nicholas C. Zakas' High Performance Javascript introduces you t...

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  • API
  • web workers
  • HTML5
  • javascript

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• Make Interfaces Easy to Use Correctly and Hard to Use Incorrectly

  

  By adfm : 17 March 2010 - 09:24 AM

  When designing an interface you'll want to make sure it's easy to use and hard to use correctly. In this excerpt from 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know contributor Scott Meyers urges interface de...

  Tags:

  • programming
  • interface
  • API
  • GUI

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• Meet the Twitter API

  

  By adfm : 14 January 2010 - 03:24 PM

  If you're new to the Twitter API and would like to learn more about it, this excerpt from Kevin Makice's Twitter API: Up and Running will get you up to speed. kmakice The ingredients for your Tw...

  Tags:

  • twitter
  • api
  • json
  • javascript

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• GData Error: Intermittent “Invalid root element”

  Asked by enguyen : 13 November 2009 - 04:08 PM

  Tags:

  • gdata-api
  • xml
  • api
  • java
  • google-analytics

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• Twitter API Search Method Reference

  

  By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:18 AM

  Keyword SearchSearches for keyword matches in tweet content.Pathsearch.twitter.com/search.atom?q=queryRequires authenticationNo.Charged against rate limitNo.HTTP method ...

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  • social media
  • community
  • API
  • twitter
  • search

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• Twitter API Social Graph Method Reference

  

  By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:15 AM

  Get All FriendsReturns the full list of people you follow.Path/friends/ids.xmlRequires authenticationYes, if the account is private (authenticating user must be allowed b...

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  • social media
  • community
  • API
  • twitter
  • social graph

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• Twitter API Status Method Reference

  

  By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:08 AM

  Delete a TweetRemoves a single status update from the Twitter timeline.Path/statuses/destroy/id.xmlRequires authenticationYes (the account owns the existing update...

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  • social media
  • community
  • API
  • twitter
  • status methods

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• How to Access the Twitter API

  

  By kmakice : 29 October 2009 - 10:02 AM

  An application programming interface, or API, is what allows an application with data to share it with the rest of the world. An API is like a no-frills website, accessed through URL request...

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  • social media
  • community
  • API
  • twitter

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