October 2011
1 post
RTFM! (or: Why every web developer should read RFC...
As a software developer you always have to deal with users who find it difficult to use your software, or may -in one way or another- find it challenging to understand the interface or the functionality you’ve designed. But that’s okay, because we are geeks who spends most of your adult lives behind a computer screen, building software and applications that -to us- are interesting and...
Oct 6th
September 2011
1 post
3 tags
Programming a Twilio phone menu with TwiML & some...
Twilio allows your web application to easily make and receive phone calls and SMS text messages using a simple web service API and basic web programming skills like HTTP, XML, and REST. You can build hosted IVR, PBX and SMS applications with no up front costs and a very competitive pricing With so many possibilities and mash-ups ideas, the sky is the limit to the things you can do with Twilio...
Sep 4th
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August 2011
1 post
Anonymous asked: Hi, I was about to install your REST Console from the Chrome web store. But why on earth do you need access to data on all websites I visit?
Aug 9th
May 2011
1 post
3 tags
REST Console - a Google Chrome REST/HTTP Client
“REST Console” is a REST/HTTP Client for Google Chrome to visualise and construct custom HTTP requests to test with any RESTful web service. Features: Syntax highlighting (multiple themes) Custom headers Construct POST or PUT body via raw input Auto Complete File upload Easy query parameters creation Add custom headers through intuitive ui Authentication support: Plain, Basic,...
May 18th
March 2011
1 post
3 tags
RESTful services with Zend Framework (Part 2)
Previously, I covered the basic steps to create a RESTful Application with Zend Framework. Today, we’re going to look into context switching, which will allow us to server different response formats based on the “Accept” HTTP header I’ve seen many wasy of doing this, like using view scripts to generate JSON or XML, or creating the response DOM document manually, etc...
Mar 4th
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February 2011
2 posts
3 tags
RESTful services with Zend Framework (Part 1)
I previously wrote about the opensource project I’ve created: RESTful Zend Framework which is a custom Zend Framework Application built to act as a REST API. This is the first of couple of follow up articles describing how I built the REST implementation from scratch. Some Assumptions: I’m going to skip the initial project creation and assume you already know the basics, if not,...
Feb 4th
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RESTful Zend Framework
This seems to be one of the most obscure topics on the web, building a RESTful Application or Services with Zend Framework, I’ve spent a lot of time researching different solutions and eventually came up with the perfect one, but that was a long time ago and ever since, I’ve had to re-trace my steps every time I need to create RESTful services with ZF. So to make my life easier and...
Feb 2nd
January 2011
1 post
1 tag
Hello World!
Being in the Tech industry, and since we’re all hardcore geeks, it’s obligatory to start our blog with the traditional “Hello World” which carries a sense of adventure for us! after all, every project starts with a few lines of code that print out “Hello World”. World, say hello to <Code:in Chaos/>. [queue awesomeness]
Jan 21st