Coders

"TCPDF is an Open Source PHP class for generating PDF documents."

# SVG in Internet Explorer # Cross-browser XUL # Standard technologies # Natural development # Better performance # Extensible architecture # All web-browsers supported

"The Watchmaker Framework is an extensible, high-performance, object-oriented framework for implementing platform-independent evolutionary/genetic algorithms in Java. "

RestSharp is an open source REST client for .NET

jLinq is a fully extensible Javascript library that claims to allow you to perform "LINQ style" queries on arrays of objects. Really it's a "fluent" notation like LINQ, and isn't LINQ at all, but it's still quite nice.

This version also includes a cool new feature that allows students to easily graduate from Small Basic to Visual Basic with the touch of a button.

"There isn't much information available for creating Expression blend 3 addins. There is some information on creating blend 2 plugins, but the addin model has changed between versions."

"Driven by the goal to enable simple data sharing across disparate data sources, today, at PDC, we are announcing the Open Data Protocol (OData). " (November 2009)

"The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a web protocol for querying and updating data. OData applies web technologies such as HTTP, Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to information from a variety of applications, services, and stores. OData emerged organically based on the experiences implementing AtomPub clients and servers in a variety of products over the past several years."

"Microsoft has released OData under the Open Specification Promise (OSP) to allow anyone to freely interoperate with OData implementations. We intend on working with the community to move the features of OData into future version of AtomPub or other appropriate standards. "

JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight computer data interchange format. It is a text-based, human-readable format for representing simple data structures and associative arrays (called objects). This example illustrates how to declare a JSON Contact structure.

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User revenue will be split 70% to the developer and 30% to Amazon net of delivery fees of $0.15 / MB. Remember that unlike smart phones, the Kindle user does not pay a monthly wireless fee or enter into an annual wireless contract. Kindle active content must be priced to cover the costs of downloads and on-going usage.

Ruby's "Chronic" as a web-service.

SharpKit enables web development teams to take advantage of C# and Visual Studio benefits such as compile-time syntax verification, code-completion, XML documentation and refactoring. Many developers prefer this managed code environment versus the expensive and error-prone world of JavaScript programming.