October 2005
Intermediate to advanced
489 pages
12h 2m
English
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Hacks 77–91: Introduction
Basic sample code can get you started with Yahoo! Web Services, but to get to know what’s available and how you might use the features of the API, this chapter shows you some more fully realized applications. They range from seriously useful applications (such as Grokker [Hack #77] and TagCloud [Hack #88] ) that extend Yahoo! features into new directions, to the seriously silly (such as Web of Letters [Hack #82] or yReplacer [Hack #86] ). This chapter intends to give you a taste of what’s possible when a company like Yahoo! opens its database to outside developers, tinkerers, and hackers.
The hacks in this chapter merely scratch the surface of what’s possible, and you’ll find many more examples of Yahoo! Web Services applications in the wild. The best place to spot new applications is at the Yahoo! Developer Network application list (http://developer.yahoo.net/wiki/index.cgi?ApplicationList). The list is open to the public; if you build your own Yahoo! application, be sure to add it so others can see what you’ve built—whether it increases productivity or is a fun distraction.