Comments on: Simple XML-RPC library http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/ Trading social skills for technical prowess since 1994 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: intro http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-932 intro Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:59:56 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-932 nice :P good explanation nice :P good explanation

]]> By: Asbjørn Ulsberg http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Asbjørn Ulsberg Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:53:10 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-868 Aha! Well, if you're not using HTTP, then RESTful principles won't matter much. I'd think it be a cool excercise to create a RESTful web service around a card game API, though. :-) Joe Gregorio has a handful of posts about how to create a RESTful web service: http://bitworking.org/news/How_to_create_a_REST_Protocol http://bitworking.org/news/132/REST-Tips-URI-space-is-infinite http://bitworking.org/news/150/REST-Tip-Deep-etags-give-you-more-benefits http://bitworking.org/news/141/REST-Tips-Prefer-following-links-over-URI-construction http://bitworking.org/news/125/REST-and-WS http://bitworking.org/news/201/RESTify-DayTrader (I really hope these URIs make it through! No preview option, so I'm crossing my fingers.) Aha! Well, if you’re not using HTTP, then RESTful principles won’t matter much. I’d think it be a cool excercise to create a RESTful web service around a card game API, though. :-)

Joe Gregorio has a handful of posts about how to create a RESTful web service:
http://bitworking.org/news/How_to_create_a_REST_Protocol
http://bitworking.org/news/132/REST-Tips-URI-space-is-infinite
http://bitworking.org/news/150/REST-Tip-Deep-etags-give-you-more-benefits
http://bitworking.org/news/141/REST-Tips-Prefer-following-links-over-URI-construction
http://bitworking.org/news/125/REST-and-WS
http://bitworking.org/news/201/RESTify-DayTrader

(I really hope these URIs make it through! No preview option, so I’m crossing my fingers.)

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Chris Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:37:34 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-864 Oh, I think you misunderstood what I'm doing. I am using the XML specification from XML-RPC, but I am not running it over HTTP, just a straight TCP connection. (Or did you know that, and maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment?) The project I'm using it in is a multiplayer card game, so I don't think caching will be much of an issue. :) Oh, I think you misunderstood what I’m doing. I am using the XML specification from XML-RPC, but I am not running it over HTTP, just a straight TCP connection. (Or did you know that, and maybe I’m misunderstanding your comment?)

The project I’m using it in is a multiplayer card game, so I don’t think caching will be much of an issue. :)

]]> By: Asbjørn Ulsberg http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Asbjørn Ulsberg Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:24:58 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-861 Probably not, but a REST-based solution would be a lot easier to test against, since it would support HTTP GET operations out of the box and would also support caching and other nice HTTP features out of the box. It would also be more interoperable since HTTP library availability is greater than that of XML-RPC libraries. Probably not, but a REST-based solution would be a lot easier to test against, since it would support HTTP GET operations out of the box and would also support caching and other nice HTTP features out of the box. It would also be more interoperable since HTTP library availability is greater than that of XML-RPC libraries.

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Chris Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:23:02 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-860 Possibly. I'm not sure that there's any significant difference in the difficulty of the backend implementation of either. Possibly. I’m not sure that there’s any significant difference in the difficulty of the backend implementation of either.

]]> By: Asbjørn Ulsberg http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Asbjørn Ulsberg Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:59:30 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-849 Wouldn't a normal REST-based architecture do much better? Wouldn’t a normal REST-based architecture do much better?

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Chris Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:50:58 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-848 Because it's a much easier standard for non-.NET apps to follow than .NET remoting. Because it’s a much easier standard for non-.NET apps to follow than .NET remoting.

]]> By: Asbjørn Ulsberg http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Asbjørn Ulsberg Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:34:01 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/06/20/simple-xml-rpc-library/#comment-842 Why did you decide to use XML-RPC? Why did you decide to use XML-RPC?

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