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OAuth Qn – Which OAuth Library is this service provider using?
I really have an annoying question that I stumbled a few days back, basically I am trying to learn more about engaging a bridge with OAuth and some of the service providers like flickr, twitter, facebook etc. But I was caught with a problem, which goes like this: If I were to create an application [...]
Short Summary of Various Backend Tools
Hip Hop Hip Hop is for converting php codes into binary, but it isn’t technically a compiler itself. Rather it is a source code transformer. HipHop programmatically transforms your PHP source code into highly optimized C++ and then uses g++ to compile it. HipHop for PHP: Move Fast Hip Hop Source and Wiki Beanstalkd Beanstalkd [...]
Looking into OAuth Part 2
As a visual person, I find it’s easier to look at video than text. Here’s a more detailed explanation, a series of videos (4 parts) on the Backend flow of using OAuth: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4:
Looking into OAuth
Lately, I will like to do a dig up on the understanding of Oauth. Oauth is getting gain on popularity, as more and more vendors are opening up their api access to third party access. Nowadays, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Google etc services are already using this to work with their API access. What basically does [...]
The Rules of Unix Philosophy Deploys to Creating a Program
Interesting read on the Rules of Unix Philosophy. The Rules of Unix Philosophy: Rule of Modularity: Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces. Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness. Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected to other programs. Rule of Separation: Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines. Rule of [...]