Tag: Coding Tip

PEAR is a set of classes that simplify the process of writing PHP code by providing robust, high-level abstractions. The current version of PHP contains a SOAP class which fits this model quite well. Instead of having to deal with many of the gory details intrinsic to making SOAP calls and to handling results, you […]

We have started to publish technical notes on topics of interest to the AWS developer community. The first two notes cover Caching IP Addresses and Sorting by Sales Rank. There’s also an RSS feed for each collection of notes (general, ECS, and so forth). Modified 1/25/2021 – In an effort to ensure a great experience, […]

Over at Ask Metafilter, a questioner asks “When you imagine XSLT transformations happening in your mind’s eye, what does it look like?” This is a very powerful question to ask, because ancient, procedurally oriented developers like me sometimes have trouble following the non-linear, pattern-driven processing that takes place when an XSLT template is applied to […]

IBM’s developerWorks recently published a series of articles on how to directly call SOAP services from the browser, as part of an Ajax-style application. Read Part 1 and Part 2 to learn more. (via WebServices.org). You may also enjoy their recent article on Mastering Ajax. — Jeff;

The good folks over at the .Net Adventures blog have posted some .Net sample code to illustrate the process of signing an AWS request. This code should make it just a little bit easier for .Net developers to create the next great Mechanical Turk or Historical Pricing application. Update: There’s also an Active X control […]

DevX.com has published a new article, Creating Windows Starter Kits for Visual Studio 2005. The starter kit described in the article happens to call ECS to do book lookup. You can find more starter kits, including an Amazon-powered Movie Collection application in the Visual Studio Developer Center.   Modified 1/26/2021 – In an effort to […]

The most recent release of ECS adds a very powerful new feature — the ability to retrieve the best selling items associated with a particular browse node. Here is a sample call: http://xml.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&Version=2005-07-26&Operation=BrowseNodeLookup&SubscriptionId=[YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID]&BrowseNodeId=1000&ResponseGroup=TopSellers You will need to insert your Subscription ID into this URL in order to see the results.