How I Explained REST to My Wife
tomayko.com
on 03/11/2013
Excerpt: Ryan: He helped write the first web servers and then did a ton of research explaining why the web works the way it does. His name is on the specification for the protocol that is used to get pages from servers to your browser. Wife: How does it work? Ryan: The web? Wife: Yeah. Ryan: Hmm. Well, it's all pretty amazing really. And the funny thing is that it's all very undervalued. The protocol I was talking about, HTTP, it's capable of all sorts of neat stuff that people ignore for some reason. Wife: You mean http like the beginning of what I type into the browser? Ryan: Yeah. That first part tells the browser what protocol to use.... read the full post.
Tags: API 101, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, How To, Story
Why are API’s Important?
www.mycommerce.com
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Recently, we talked with MyCommerce Group Vice President Tom Beidle about the future of MyCommerce. One of the topics Tom spoke about are the new API’s MyCommerce will be offering our customers. While I had heard of API’s, I’ll be honest and say I had very little insight into what they are and how businesses can use them. I’m going to make a small assumption here and presume that many business owners feel the same way. So I spoke with Nick Melnick, Associate Director of Development for MyCommerce to get more information on how businesses can benefit from the API’s we offer. What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface.... read the full post.
Tags: Alerts, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Applications, Google, Googlereader, How To, Ifttt, Interface, Programming
Getting started on the Box API
developers.blog.box.com
on 02/25/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, How To, Publishing, Storage, Video
Excerpt: Recently, we talked with MyCommerce Group Vice President Tom Beidle about the future of MyCommerce. One of the topics Tom spoke about are the new API’s MyCommerce will be offering our customers. While I had heard of API’s, I’ll be honest and say I had very little insight into what they are and how businesses can use them. I’m going to make a small assumption here and presume that many business owners feel the same way. So I spoke with Nick Melnick, Associate Director of Development for MyCommerce to get more information on how businesses can benefit from the API’s we offer. What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface.... read the full post.
Tags: Alerts, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Applications, Google, Googlereader, How To, Ifttt, Interface, Programming
