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ECS Scratchpad In Japanese

Here's another ECS scratchpad, this one with a Japanese-language user interface. There's also a link to the source code behind the page.

Revised list of Articles and Tutorials

We have updated the list of AWS Articles and Tutorials. Many of these articles are based on ECS 4.0; this could be a great way for you to learn what you need to know in order to upgrade your application to the newest version.

Please send us email if you have suggestions for this page.

Find 24 x 7

Find24x7.com is powered by the new Alexa Web Information Service.

The site includes a browse hierarchy based on the AWIS Browse Category function, along with a search engine powered by the AWIS Web Search function, and advanced "whois" functionality powered by the URL Info function.

The developer behind this site also built www.simplest-shop.com, This site is notable because it was one of the first AWS-powered sites, and because of its cool comparison shopping feature.

XSLT Resources

To go with today's REST posting, here are some XSLT resources:

• DevGuru XSLT Reference
• XSLT Concepts and Practical Use
• TopXML XSLT Reference
• Getting Started with XPath

Some REST Articles

Here are some good articles on REST:

• How to Create a REST Protocol
• Building Web Services the REST Way
• How I explained REST to my wife...

Of course, no mention of REST would be complete without a link to Roy Fielding's original thesis, where the term originated.

 

Two More Amazon Blogs!

In case you need to know even more about what's going on around Amazon, check out these blogs:

All Things Distributed - Werner Vogels (Amazon's Director of Systems Research)  talks about building scalable and robust distributed systems.

Amazon Web サービス ブログ - The AWS blog for Japanese speakers. Some material is translated from this blog, but much of it is original.

One Developer's Experience with ECS

Riaan (author of Amazon Messenger) blogged about his experiences with ECS. It is great to know that our efforts are appreciated, and that we are meeting the needs of developers with our developer program. Thanks, Riaan!

Business::ISBN

The Business::ISBN Perl package should be useful to developers building ECS-powered applications (courtesy of brian d foy, who prefers not to capitalize his name).

This package provides methods to create and validate ISBNs, and to extract data within the ISBN, including the publisher code and country code. It can also convert the ISBN to an EAN (European Article Number) and return a barcode image of the ISBN.

Read more about ISBNs here and at the International ISBN Agency.

BookQueueToo

Byrne Reese has released BookQueueToo, a book list management plugin for Movable Type. Features include:

• Ability to track books, DVDs, CDs, and much, much more.
• User interface updated to be consistent with MT look and feel.
• Search Amazon from within BookQueueToo to find the book you wish to add to your queue.
• Access your BookQueue more easily by following the link now found on your blog's homepage.

Available now; download the tar file from the BookQueueToo page.

Amabuddy -- Amazon By Phone

Courtesy of one-time Amazonian Alan Taylor, comes a reference to the Amabuddy. Using Amabuddy, you can dial a number with your phone, enter in an ISBN or UPC, and find out more about the product including its customer rating, Amazon price, and lowest used price via voice response.

Amabuddy was built with VXML, Python, MySQL, Apache and ECS.