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Web toolkit: find out a site's web host with WhoIsHostingThis

WhoIsHostingThis

For bloggers or anyone who wants their own website, a natural question always is - who should I choose for a web host? There are many guides and ways to get advice on this subject. But the fact is that choosing the cheapest isn't always the best. If you know someone who has a site and you're impressed with the speed and uptime of that site, it might be beneficial to know who their web host is.

Finding out is easy with a great website called WhoIsHostingThis. When you visit the site, there's a simple box where you type the name of any site, hit "Tell Me", and the web host is revealed. Very cool.

We appreciate that WhoIsHostingThis doesn't require registration. Additionally, there's no annoying Flash ads (yet) or any other factors that drive us nuts when browsing the web.

This is a very practical website to add to your web toolbox.

[via MakeUseOf]

Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Fun, Internet, Utilities, Web services, Google

Creating Google Gadgets for cash

google gadget venturesGoogle has launched an interesting new program that sees developers who design and develop sustainable Google Gadgets, sizable funding grants.

The Google Gadget Ventures funding program is open for businesses and individuals who apply to a $5000 grant, not a loan, for further developments on their creation. So what's the catch? To be considered into the program, your gadget must have more than 250,000 pageviews per week. Together with those stats, you must also write a one page proposal on the improvements that you would add to your Gadget.

If you pass those tests, Google has another $100,000 in seed investments for companies that start a Gadget, or rely on the Gadget for their business.

So what are you waiting for? Here are some links to help you get started:
And if DLS readers need some extra pageviews, submit your gadget to the tips line!

Filed under: Developer, Google

Google Web Toolkit goes open source

google web toolkitGoogle has released their open source Java software development framework that they use to make AJAX application like Google Maps and Gmail. The Google Web Toolkit software is aimed at developers who "don't speak browser quirks". The Google Web Toolkit will alleviate headaches and errors brought on by tedious application testing, and switching to and running in different browsers and platforms.

The Google Web Toolkit features include:
  • Dynamic reusable UI components
  • Really simple RPC
  • Browser history management
  • Real debugging
  • Browser compatible
  • JUnit integration
  • Internalization
  • Interoperability and fine grained control
  • Completely open source
In all, Google is trying to make it a lot easier for developers and non developers to get their ideas into motion and reality. There are a number of example toolkit projects on the site, mostly comprised of UI widgets. If any DLS reader comes up with a Google Web Toolkit project, we would love to check it out!

Filed under: Google, Googleholic

Googleholic for October 24th, 2006

googleholic
In this issue of Googleholic we cover:
  • Google stock value is ramping up
  • Google isn't moving much in the print, radio and television markets
  • New Google Finance charts
  • New Google Web Toolkit readying for release
Continue reading Tuesday's Googleholic...

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Filed under: Business, Developer, Internet, Utilities, News, IBM

IBM throws open source an AJAX bone

IBM AJAX boneIBM will have a tool out by the end of the year that will assist business analysts and non-programmers with writing a bit of simple AJAX code to make their websites pop a bit or be a little more interactive. The tool will be available in November as a trial version. They want the tool lower the barrier of entry for using AJAX in your web app, especially if you are not currently a programmer. The tool has so far been dubbed QED, or Quick and Easily Done. From that name, it sounds like someone from the secret Microsoft "department of naming" was hired by IBM to come up with it. The tool will focus on debugging JavaScript errors, since there has never been a great and easy tool to help less-savvy JavaScript with this problem.

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