33. The reasons are
obvious:
You can change the backend or the
frontend when you need to.
You build them in parallel.
You can have various different
interfaces to the same content (mobile,
web, iPad...)
You give third parties access to your
data and not to your system.
You crowdsource innovation.
45. select * from csv where url="http://
spreadsheets.google.com/pub?
key=tpWDkIZMZleQaREf493v1Jw&output=
csv" and
columns="Year,City,Sport,Discipline,Countr
y,Event, Gender,Type" and Year="1924"
48. Using YQL has a lot of
benefits:
No time wasted reading API docs
Using the console makes creating
complex queries dead easy.
Data filtering down to the least
amount necessary.
Fast pipes.
Caching + converting
Server-side JavaScript
71. The elevator lift pitch
YUI is the system that Yahoo uses to
build its web sites. It is constantly
tested to work for the largest amount
of users, free, open source and covers
everything from design patterns to out-
of-the-box widgets. It is modular and
you can use only what you need. You
can either host it yourself or get it from
a network of distributed servers.