Application-specific configuration information has historically been stored in INI files, which are plain-text files that contain key/value data within sections. In Windows, the registry has replaced ...

Python’s convenience and versatility mean that it’s used to build software in nearly every walk of IT life. One major niche is web services, where Python’s speed of development and flexible metaphors ...

Web.py, the brainchild of Aaron Swartz, who developed it while working at Reddit.com, describes itself as a “minimalist’s framework.” Web.py employs few abstraction layers. In most cases, when you ...

Tomboy, a popular open source note-taking application, is coming to the Internet. The Tomboy team is creating a Web application called Snowy that will allow users to keep their notes synchronized in ...

If you have a brilliant idea for a web app, but the thought of coding sends shivers down your spine. You might be interested to know that there is a way to bring your idea to life without needing to ...

Editor's Note: This web services development tutorial was published in 2001, and remains a very popular article on TheServerSide. This article still provides great value, but significant changes have ...