Amazon

Boost application development with Amazon Web Services, Part 1: How to use the Amazon E-Commerce Service

This tutorial provides an overview of Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS exposes raw product information and key parts of Amazon.com technology to third-party developers for use in their applications. After describing how AWS works in general, the tutorial focuses on the main AWS service, called the Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS). As part of this tutorial, you will develop a small Web application that uses ECS to display book and music information. (Series: Boost application development with Amazon Web Services, Part 1)

Boost application development with Amazon Web Services, Part 2: Introduction to the Amazon Simple Queue Service

Build and distribute applications that take advantage of Amazon's computing infrastructure to reliably deliver messages between application components. This tutorial is the second in a series on creating applications with Amazon Web Services and in this installment, you can learn how to implement a Web service by using the Amazon Simple Queue Service. (Series: Boost application development with Amazon Web Services, Part 2)

Boost application development with Amazon Web Services, Part 3: Build distributed applications using Amazon Simple Queue Service (ASQS) and J2ME

This tutorial is the third in a series about creating applications using Amazon Web Services. In this installment, you learn how to build and distribute applications that take advantage of Amazon’s computing infrastructure to reliably deliver messages between application components using the Amazon Simple Queue Service (ASQA). Mobile phones and other Java 2, Micro Edition (J2ME)-enabled devices can easily employ ASQA using simple HTTP requests.

eBay

Develop apps with Web services and the eBay SDK, Part 1: Build an eBay search engine

The face of eBay that most people are familiar with is the company's Web presence. Learn how to write a small application that allows users to execute ad hoc queries against eBay through eBay's SOAP API. The application uses the eBay Java SDK. The use case is targeted at a small subset of the API, but you can generally apply the principles. (Series: Develop apps with Web services and the eBay SDK, Part 1)

Develop apps with Web services and the eBay SDK, Part 2: Use the eBay SOAP API to build an eBay search engine

Demonstrate good system integration practices. Take this tutorial and learn how to develop a Java (TM) application using the eBay (R) SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) SDK (Software Development Kit). Part 2 of this tutorial series focuses on integrating the application with eBay's Web services, using the authentication and authorization system, and making API (application program interface) calls.

Develop apps with Web services and the eBay SDK, Part 3: Develop eBay applications with PHP5 and Web services

Create applications in PHP5 that interact with eBay through Web services. Almost half of eBay's transactions occur through its Web services platform. In this tutorial, you'll acquire a solid understanding of the mechanics of the eBay XML API and learn how to use the Services_Ebay PHP extension.

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