Working with RESTful Services in CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter is becoming well known for its power as a PHP based web application framework, but it’s not often that we see examples of it being used for anything else. Today we’ll learn how we can use CodeIgniter to create a RESTful API for your existing web applications, and demonstrate how to interact with your own API or other RESTful web-services, such as Facebook and Twitter.
Links to Know for December 8, 2008
Today’s Links to Know are a mostly related selection, some even come from the same place. Today, we’ll show you a a new PNG fix for IE6, a Context Menu plugin for jqueryand a Lightweight rounded corners script.
CSS-Tricks.com: Modal Login Pages
Over at CSS-Tricks.com, there is an interesting article about Modal Login Pages, complete with a tutorial to make your own.
These are common in desktop applications when a program needs an important decision made. They are becoming more and more popular in web applications thanks to the JavaScript “light box” (or one of it’s other many pseudonyms). Undeniably, they are overused. However, there are circumstances where modal boxes make sense and are used effectively to focus a users attention to the important task at hand. In some situations, logging into a website is one of these important tasks.
Developer Works: Fast-track your Web apps with Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails is a recent entry into the world of Web application development that is rapidly gaining mindshare, even while still in beta versions. Rails succeeds by automating the creation of the most common types of Web applications while not straightjacketing you if you want to add custom or atypical requirements. Moreover, compared to [...]
OnLamp.com: Rolling with Ruby on Rails
Maybe you’ve heard about Ruby on Rails, the super productive new way to develop web applications, and you’d like to give it a try, but you don’t know anything about Ruby or Rails. This article steps through the development of a web application using Rails. It won’t teach you how to program in Ruby, but [...]
