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XWT

2003-09-03T18:19:01+05:00

Two months ago, I read about XWT. I filed it for future reference. I think it is a really good fit for delivering good UIs from web services. As is explained in the tutorial, it really takes only 15 minutes to make a TicTacToe client!

If you need to make rich UIs for web applications, this might be a really good solution.

Using Leo for reST

2003-06-02T19:14:46+05:00

Leo is a terrific outliner and literate programming editor. For writing big documents including user documentation, presentations, tutorials etc., I would like to first create an outline. I love using Leo for that, because almost everything I need in Leo can be done via keyboard short-cuts.

re-Structured Text (reST) is a great format for writing plain text with some semantics. reST is far more easier to write documentation than using plain HTML. Writers are available to convert reST to many different formats, including DocBook.

So, why don't I try to make my outline'd document in Leo and then get it into atleast HTML? I wrote a silly XSL to do that. But, I really wanted to use reST to be the language of choice for formatting. It turns out that Leo already comes with code for doing all that.

Water!

2003-05-02T18:34:51+05:00

Water� is a new all-purpose Web programming language that delivers both power and simplicity.

Intrigued? Read startup writes a new language to replace Java and .Net .

XML editing with XML schema

2003-05-01T20:53:38+05:00

O'Reilly Net: This article describes a technique in which an XML instance document can be edited through an automatically created form-based GUI, based on the schema of the instance document. The whole cycle of GUI creation (using XSLT), editing, and updating (using XUpdate) XML instances is presented here.

Why XML?

2002-12-11T14:41:23+05:00

Cambridge Docs: XML has become a buzzword that's so over-used that it's difficult to understand when it might and when it might not be appropriate. In general, the main reason for XML's popularity is that it provides an underlying technology that gives "portability" of information across platforms, applications, and organizations.

Why Create/Convert Documents to XML?

What is XSLT?

2002-11-07T17:42:53+05:00

XML.com:

Since April 1999 Crane Softwrights Ltd. has published commercial training material titled Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath, covering the entire scope of the W3C XSLT and XPath through working drafts and the final 1.0 recommendations. This material is delivered by Crane in instructor-led sessions and is licensed to other training organizations around the world needing to teach these exciting technologies.

Bitflux XML Editor

2002-09-12T06:31:27+05:00

If you got Mozilla 1.0+ or Netscape 7+, go ahead and download this very nice in-browser WYSIWYG XML editor - BitFlux Editor.

Really amazing code. I need to think about how I can make use of this in a CMS I wrote.

Using XPath and XPointer

2002-08-26T13:20:44+05:00

O'ReillyNet: Top Ten Tips to Using XPath and XPointer XPath and XPointer allow developers to find specific information inside an XML document and manipulate that information. John Simpson, author of XPath and XPointer, offers ten tips that XML developers can put to use immediately.

Pretty good article.

Leo

2002-06-16T09:51:22+05:00

Leo is a programmer's editor and a flexible browser for projects, programs, classes or data. Leo clarifies design, coding, debugging, testing and maintenance, among many other things.

Using XUpdate and HTML forms

2002-06-13T14:24:22+05:00

O'ReillyNet: " Editing XML Data Using XUpdate and HTML Forms. Use XSLT and XUpdate to create browser editing interfaces for XML data."

This is what I've been looking for. Need to really look into this in more detail. Think about it - one can have a single form poster to accept XML data from a n HTML form to the file system and render it via different style sheets. Users don't need to know XML syntax, because they'll be just using a form.

RSS-auto discovery updated

2002-06-03T06:12:42+05:00

Mark Pilgrim explains why an update to RSS-autodiscovery tag is necessary. This morning, I updated my site with his recommended changes. He went so far as to come and post a comment on my weblog urging me to update my template.

Since he's been having fun writing tools to provide insight into social networking and blogging, I think the next project he can lead on is to encourage people to put in proper RSS files with e-mail contact information.

XMLRPCCOM

2002-06-01T18:51:25+05:00

XMLRPCCOM is another COM implementation of XML-RPC protocol.

w.bloggar, I mentioned in the previous post uses this COM component to talk to Movable Type.

RSS auto-discovery

2002-05-31T18:08:01+05:00

Mark Pilgrim is pushing RSS auto-discovery, adding a rel link to your pages pointing at your RSS file. I got that covered.

That is it for the work week! Dinner is ready and finally I found a use for my web cam. If you are wondering what this is, it is an Indian Korma (curry) with eggs. Pretty simple to make and very tasty, though it looks like alien food.

Personal RSS aggregators

2002-05-30T13:39:36+05:00

Jon Udell writes about different personal RSS aggregators out there.

Though I liked peerkat, I settled for FeedReader on my Windows machine.

What I'd like to have is a reader integrated into MovableType. Something like a cron job to update the feeds, then from MT, you can choose news items and blog.

Pocket XML-RPC

2002-05-13T12:16:49+05:00

Pocket XML-RPC is an Open Source [MPL] XML-RPC client COM component for the Windows family (PocketPC/95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP), based on James Clark's excellent Expat XML Parser and the HTTP transport from PocketSOAP.