Jun 11, 2010, 14:23 by relaxnownl
The talk was okay, but a little basic, could've used more examples.
Web services for consumer devices
Melanie Rhianna Lewis (Jun 11, 2010 at 15:45)
Talk at Dutch PHP Conference 2010 (English - UK)
A web service is an API provided by a site that allows a remote application to access data and use functionality without having to 'act like a web browser'. Consumer devices, such as a smart phone, set top box or games console, often do not have a form factor that allows the easy use of an interactive web site but do allow the download of custom applications which use web services provided by such sites. ||The talk will describe how a web service targeted at consumer devices can be implemented. It will look at the different methods of calling remote functionality such as SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON and restful services. It will also consider the limitations of consumer devices, memory restrictions, communications bandwidth restrictions, and so on that have to be considered when designing a web service aimed at consumer devices. Finally it will have a brief look at how to make a service secure.
Quicklink: http://joind.in/1546
Track(s): Track 2 (E104-5)
Comments
Jun 11, 2010, 14:30 by magikmaker
Unfortunately very little information during this presentation, maybe next time keep in mind the audience are developers
Jun 11, 2010, 14:37 by Conor
There was a real lack of depth and detail. It was as informative as a casual one page article. Disappointing.
Jun 11, 2010, 14:50 by marcelvanveelen
Nice concept but a little basic next time some more depth please.
Jun 11, 2010, 16:56 by simonrjones
Some nice points about how to deal with web services, a lot of which would apply to all uses (i.e. desktop as well as low-featured/powered devices). Nice to hear someone else agree sessions are unreliable when dealing with web services. Talk was a little difficult to follow at times, some of the questions at the end weren't clearly repeated (by the speaker) so I couldn't really follow the answers.
Jun 11, 2010, 22:14 by Anonymous
Bit low on content and expanding on keynote text. Liked the snake-cage heat service though.
Jun 14, 2010, 09:38 by Devis
Too basic and out of the PHP interest in my opinion, also the talk ended too early.
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Jun 11, 2010, 14:20 by Dynom
A few pointers were made to things you should pay attention off when working with embedded/mobile devices. Although I missed the point you were trying to make in the talk, the things you mentioned made sense.