Publisher's Synopsis
Breakthrough Curl techniques Build rich, robust, low-bandwidth Web applications Curl makes it easy to build Internet applications that use little bandwidth, integrate with existing Web standards, provide a rich graphical interface, and fit seamlessly into virtually any client environment. Enterprise Curl is the first book that shows how to take advantage of Curl for serious enterprise development. Through a start-to-finish case study, Paul Sheehan introduces powerfully effective design and development techniques that draw on his experience leading a Curl consulting teams. Coverage includes: Developing the key elements of a Curl-based application frameworkCreating search interfaces that accept and extract XML responses, then display them in flexible, powerful spreadsheet-like gridsUsing Curl to show data within 2D graphsBuilding Web-based data mining applications that can "drill down" to more detailed views of dataUsing Curl's built-in SOAP support to construct sophisticated Web services