[nflug] PHP Web Services

[MICHAEL CANZONERI]

No.  I have not had or come up with a good reason to but I have also
heard good things.

Mike

>>> fkumro at gmail.com 12/13/06 4:54 PM >>>
Exactly what I was looking for...ever try S3? I'm hearing very good
things about it...

On 12/13/06, MICHAEL CANZONERI <MCANZONERI at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> It really depends on the application.  I will give three of what I
think
> are the most common examples:
>
> 1.  You are doing some sort of mashup where you are including data
from
> another web company.  This would be like having your flickr pictures
on
> your website, doing Amazon to Half.com price comparisons, or having
a
> Google map on your site.  I like to think of this as sort of using
> semi-processed data because it is created for (and you are using it
for)
> a very specific purpose.
>
> 2.  This is similar to number one but a little different.  I am
drawing
> a distinction between using a service that is made available from an
> already existing web site/application/community (Flickr, Amazon)
with
> semi-processed data and one that is simply meant to be a source of
raw
> data.  These are the systems that hold things like realty data,
weather
> data, GIS data, or search data.  (There realize there is a lot of
grey
> area between number 1 and 2.  It really depends on your use.)  You
use
> these when you need a raw data feed that you are doing something
with
> like correlating tempeture data to GIS or spacial data.
>
> 3.  Storage.  This is a newer concept than just getting data from
> another service so I think it deserves to be separate from the rest.
> Amazons S3 service is the big one that comes to mind.  This would be
for
> storing your data (user created or otherwise) on a system that would
> provide a (presumably) better level of availability and have a lower
> retrieval latency over the network as a whole.  SmugMug was featured
on
> Scoble Show some time ago and is a customer of S3.  MS and Linden
Labs
> also use S3 for serving and storing data.
>
> Always keep in mind whether or not a certain service is really
> supported and maintained.  You most likely do not want to run a big
> mission critical app with a data feed from
>
Jimmy's-web-service-that-he-runs-on-an-old-pc-in-his-basement-and-uses-DynDns-so-you-can-get-to-it
> Inc. just because he has some rare sort of data you need.  I know
that
> is kind of obvious but when a client wants to have some cool voodoo
> magic app and that is the only place that seems to have said data it
can
> be very tempting.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Mike Canzoneri
>
>
>
> >>> fkumro at gmail.com 12/13/06 3:40 PM >>>
> Just a random question for fellow php programmers. When would *you*
> use a web service? Just wondering how different people choose to use
> such things...
>
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