Yes, sometimes you need sophisticated libraries that handle HTTP requests asynchronously, but in other situations that can be overkill. An old Internet Explorer API may have a solution. I've written ...

In my previous blog post, I briefly wrote about the use of Groovy, Groovy’s GDK String, and the Java-provided URL class to write simple HTTP/REST clients. In this post, I look at how use of the ...

While SOAP and REST based web and integration services are ideal for organizations that are flush with racks of servers and blessed with an army talented software developers, a good enterprise ...

If you've ever configured a router or used a modern-day network-enabled printer, you've probably noticed a lot of them expose a Web UI for configuration and administration. In this article, I'll show ...

When organizations and services expose their content using APIs, there needs to be a way for others to call and transport that content. There are two current methods for doing this - which can be ...

VB.NET allows you to use Web services as if they were entirely local objects since most of the marshaling between the client and the server is taking place in the background. This tip shows you how to ...