In this second and final installment of our mashup case study on Giveness, we pick-up from Part 1 and our conversation with founder Richard Waldvogel by digging into more details on REST vs. SOAP, caching and other mashup lessons learned.
Q: Do you find the Amazon or the ebay API easier to work with?
Getting our eBay [...]
How can open APIs be used to help charitable causes? In this case study interview we speak with Richard Waldvogel, founder of Giveness, a social network for philanthropy that builds on open APIs like Amazon’s and eBay’s to enable people to support their favorite charities while they shop.
Q: Can you give us a bit of [...]
The shopping comparison service EarlyMiser is a classic example of a useful eCommerce application built using a set of third party APIs. In this case study interview we speak with EarlyMiser founder Brian DeSpain who gives us the background on this application, its business model, and some interesting insights from their experience in working with [...]
If you want to learn more about the real story behind mashups, APIs and tools — the good, bad and the ugly — you’re in luck. Today we’re introducing a new feature on the site: the ProgrammableWeb Case Studies. In this ongoing series we’ll be going behind the scenes of the programmable web by talking [...]
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