CloudKit: Hacking the Open Stack with Ruby and Rack
April 18, 2009
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Learn about the architecture and construction of CloudKit, an Open Web JSON Appliance. Along the way, see how the emerging Open Stack — including OpenID and OAuth+Discovery — can be used to build open and discoverable web services in Ruby. Other topics of exploration will include cooperative Rack middleware stacks, non-relational storage with Tokyo Cabinet, new IETF drafts covering HTTP Discovery, online/offline synchronization with plain old HTTP, and more.
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