RESTY: a simple curl tool for testing RESTful services

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The project is hosted at github

Update 1: See also one of my post listing some REST resources, including other tools like rest-client and HTTP4E.

Liked yUML.me the simple UML drawing online service

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Update 1: if you are looking for WYSIWYG drawing online service, then you can take a look at Gliffy or Lovely Charts.
Update 2: and if needed, here is a good quick introduction to UML for programmers.

Liked "Paper Prototyping"

As interfaces become ever more complex and development schedules seem to get shorter and shorter, you may find it useful to give up your user-interface modeling software for awhile in favor of something simpler. All you need is paper, pens, scissors, and your imagination.

Google + Java = Mobile + Widget + Web + Server - Sys Admin

Now with one language (Java) a mom 'n pop shop can develop:

  • a native mobile app (Android + Davlik)
  • a web app or widget (GAE Java + GWT)
  • a backend server (GAE Java and all the GAE goodies)

And no need for a sys admin or even a complex cloud deployment on EC2 or like!!