It’s good to hear Rails 1.2 is all about embracing REST. Working with Ajax has helped me really appreciate the benefits of REST, and it all fits in with the Rails mindset quite nicely. Right now, we have URLs like
/user/update/5
whereas REST would have it as
/user/5
and then POST in the details – the nature of the [...]
Whereupon a new podcast series begins …
As promised, a new series of Ajax pattern podcasts. This is the first of four podcasts on the Ajax programming patterns.
In this 73 minute podcast, we look at the seven patterns of web services as they relate to Ajax clients.
RPC Service Expose web services as Remote Procedural Calls [...]
Tags: AjaxPatterns·DHTML·Javascript·JSON·Links·Podcast·REST·RPC·SOAP·Software·Tutorial·Web·Web 2.0·Web Services·XML
I’ve uploaded full text for 18 new Ajax patterns, completing a first-cut draft for all Programming Patterns content, which will be one part of the book. This section bridges the gap between the very basics of Ajax – XMLHttpRequest, DOM, etc – and the high-level stuff like widgets and visual effects. For instance, how do [...]
Tags: AjaxPatterns·DHTML·Javascript·JSON·Links·Patterns·REST·RPC·SOAP·Web2.0·XML
