Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.
Algum tempo atrás fui procurado por Manuel Lemos, criador do BlogBlogs para participar do projeto BlogBlogs API. O objetivo deste grupo de “figurinhas carimbadas” da blogosfera era grandioso, desenvolver a nova API do BlogBlogs e botar na “rede” novas ferramentas, widgets e diversos recursos para aproximar o BlogBlogs de seus usuários.
Isso foi por torno de 16 de Março, e logo pensei em fazer um plugin que utilizasse os dados de cada usuário e agregasse valor aos comentários dos blogs. Comecei o trabalho mas tive que parar em alguns momentos devido a falta de tempo, mas recentemente retomei o trabalho e hoje apresento os frutos.
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I love APIs, but I honestly hate having to deal with signing, auth, and curl inside my controllers or services, which means I end up wrapping all of that into something that provides easy access in my controllers. I also love Meetup.com since it really makes managing User Groups pretty cool, even with some bad UI choices, which is exactly where their API comes in, it allows me to provide a decent interface to their features from my own UG page and do all the communication via API.
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