For web developers that need some context when working with the Adwords API to build custom applications, Google has a library of examples to work from. The client libraries code examples for Google Adwords API has undergone numerous revisions recently. This library is useful for web developers that need help troubleshooting or just to understand the context around a particular issue….oh ya, and also they are great for learning from scratch as well.
Recent changes to the Adwords API include:
- Code examples are now oriented around typical use cases
- Number of input parameters was reduced — forget those specific specific object IDs
- For each example the code is wrapped into a function which can be called with parameters.
- Best practices are now included in the examples + comments!
Oracle acquired the open source MySQL database in 2010 with the purchase of Sub Microsystems. Many in the open-source web development community were concerned that there would be a conflict of interest between the company’s licensed product and the open-source version. Purhaps MySQL is in good hands?
Jotform, a handy web service that powers hundreds of thousands of web forms for websites, was unexpectedly shut down at the domain level by it’s domain management provider GoDaddy this week. Godaddy did not provide an explanation as to why the service was interrupted, beyond the explanation that it was part of an investigation.
