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For a long time, I read about "RESTful APIs" and had no idea what that term meant. The API part means Application Programmer Interface, a way for coders to get data from a website within their own programs. That much I knew. But as for the REST part, that was less familiar to me.
As a programmer, being clueless doesn't stop me from playing around. What I observed when I tested some APIs that use REST is that there wasn't much to it at all.
REST isn't a big deal. In fact, it's all around us! When you go to a web page, you're sending a REST request. When you search the web, yeah, that's using REST, too.
This tutorial, originally submitted by Webmonkey contributer Adam Duvander, is a wiki. Got extra advice? Log in and add it. For a long time, I read about "RESTful APIs" and had no idea what that term... more
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Google today announced the release of a Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Google Earth joins the company's Maps API family, letting developers to turn Websites into 3D map apps.
Among the features being rolled out with the new release are the ability to embed Google Earth into Websites; create polygons, lines, and placemarks in the 3D environment; convert existing Maps API sites to 3D Earth; add or view 3D buildings; and utilize Google Sky's hi-res images, which are stars, planets, and galaxies.
"The Google Maps API, with over 150,000 developer sites, and the Google Earth client, with over 400 million downloads, are both tremendously successful tools to help users visualize this Geoweb of content," said Google in a release issued today. "Now that we have brought the Google Earth API to the developer community, we can only imagine what wonderfully creative new web applications will be developed."Google today announced the release of a Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Google... more
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