Paul Krill
Editor at Large

StrikeIron forges community for Web services use

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Oct 16, 20071 min

StrikeIron, which offers an online marketplace for commercially available Web services, has launched a beta version of StrikeIron Developer Community, enabling developers to collaborate on business applications. The community, StrikeIron said, lets developers share and collaborate as they build business applications, mashups, widgets and Web sites with Web services available from the company. Featured in the com

StrikeIron, which offers an online marketplace for commercially available Web services, has launched a beta version of StrikeIron Developer Community, enabling developers to collaborate on business applications.

The community, StrikeIron said, lets developers share and collaborate as they build business applications, mashups, widgets and Web sites with Web services available from the company.

Featured in the community are project pages with links to sample code from partners such as Sun Microsystems and IBM; sample code for developing in various languages, including C# and Ruby, and sample applications with source code. Also offered is a framework for submitting code, mashups and applications that can be shared. Technical documentation, videos and tutorials are available as well.

Developers can access StrikeIron data through downloadable widgets, tools and code. Additionally, the community offers a developer forum for researching issues with StrikeIron Marketplace Web Services.

Developers who wish to try out StrikeIron can access free Web services at this Web page.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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