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2nd December 2014 | By:

TCP and UDP socket types

Before we dive into describing the most used socket types, let’s see what a socket really is. A socket, also referred as network socket[1], is a way of establishing a communication between various computers/devices. It sits on top of the TCP/IP[2] stack and makes use of the available ports[3] (channels). The connecting device is commonly… Continue

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2nd December 2014 | By:

Using SOAP with SUDS – an introduction

I’m sure that most of you reading this post have heard/used the XML/SOAP – same as me. However I’d never used the WSDL before, yet last week I needed to work with two, unconnected to each other APIs, using this protocol. So I’ve started researching  WSDL and apparently it is the standard protocol for describing API methods… Continue

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1st December 2014 | By:

PyFileMaker – Integrating Python and Filemaker

PyFileMaker is a Python Library that makes it possible to work with FileMaker‘s XML API. You can use the Filemaker XML API to query a FileMaker database, create records, modify records, execute scripts and more. During the creation of web applications there is often a need to use third party services or programs. One of them is… Continue