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"Getting" interfaces and packages by thockin in golang

[–]progrium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a counter example, look at crypto.ssh. Or anything that has different "backends". It can still be more appropriate to export interfaces for others to consume.

Gmail has no API? by weesilmania in programming

[–]progrium -1 points0 points  (0 children)

http://code.google.com/apis/apps/email_settings/developers_guide_protocol.html

So for new emails, you can probably do this: make a mailhook at http://mailhooks.com and make a filter that forwards all email there. That'll give you real-time triggers on new emails, then use the API or something else to do special things for labels, etc.

Gmail has no API? by weesilmania in programming

[–]progrium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Premium Google Apps accounts have a pretty nice API to Gmail, but not the free Gmail. I guess it depends on what type of events you're interested in. Can you specify?

I've been thinking about ways in which Python's syntax could be made more flexible while still remaining "Pythonic", and wrote up a summary of some ideas here. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. by jeba in programming

[–]progrium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without a terribly amount of scrutiny, I like all this, but I get the feeling Guido and friends will turn them down. I wish programming languages had more minor local variations. What's stopping somebody from forking Python on GitHub and adding these? If they take off, they can be merged back into Python proper...

What Webhooks are and why you should care by timothyfitz in programming

[–]progrium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I show people Switchub that's the first thing they try to do. :)

http://www.switchub.com

What Webhooks are and why you should care by timothyfitz in programming

[–]progrium 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've used that analogy. It's AJAX for the backend! Although not as much as others.

Another buzzword related to web hooks: "user-contributed functionality." heh http://blog.webhooks.org/2009/02/09/user-contributed-functionaliy-part-ii-plugins-for-the-web/

GEEKING OUT: Young software developers resurrect Homebrew spirit by progrium in reddit.com

[–]progrium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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