Wiley Curl Programming Bible 978-0-7645-4942-7 Manual De Usuario

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Introducing Curl

Open source

curlBreaker.com serves as the focal point for various open source projects using

Curl. Open source project teams are always looking for interested developers. This

is a great way to learn Curl and connect with other developers. Projects such as

curlMail, a completely cross-platform e-mail client, and others can be found at

www.curlBreaker.com/opensource/

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CurlExamples

CurlExamples is an independent community site for sharing, learning, and under-

standing Curl technology. As the name implies, this site is a treasure trove of small

working examples that show off various aspects of Curl. Examples are searchable

by title and categorized in many useful ways such as most recent, most viewed, and

top rated. There is also a hierarchical list of topics such as Business, Games,

Utilities, and so on. If you learn by example, this is the site for you. See

www.curlexamples.com

for more information.

Open Directory Project

The Open Directory Project, also known as DMOZ (Directory Mozilla), contains

links to various Curl-related sites. In addition to listing the above sites, DMOZ also

has a list of sites that use Curl. Since the DMOZ directory is always being updated,

it’s a good idea to check back periodically to see what’s new. See DMOZ at

dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Curl/

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Summary

Curl permits a fundamental change in the way we think about Web applications,

while still catering to the business realities of fitting in with current practices. Curl is

an excellent choice today for private-user systems and might be a good choice for

segments of public-user systems. Currently, designers should give particular thought

to how the user’s launch of Surge fits into their application’s usability. As the

installed base of the Surge plug-in increases, good uses for Curl will increase as well.

Curl can phase into your current development process, making it a smooth, low-

risk, transition. The simplest implementations of Curl, while tempting, may not

provide large enough benefits to justify the transition costs. You will be better off if

you first create a pain list of potential improvements and compare them against the

benefits of solving them in Curl. Then you can choose a relatively easy — but

worthy — task for your first Curl project.

Curl has become increasingly popular and many resources have sprung up, inside

and outside of Curl Corporation, to help you succeed as a Curl developer.

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