PUBLIC MARKS from solrac with tag flickr

Flickr isn't just for photo sharing and social networking; it's a legitimate business tool. Learn how Perl programmers can use the CPAN Chart modules to create charts and graphs, and the Flickr::Upload module to upload the charts to Flickr.

JavaFX empowers developers to leverage the Java platform to create RIAs. Flickr offers RESTful Web services that can be called from any code, including JavaFX code. In this article, See how JavaFX lets you tap into popular Web services such as Flickr and how you can use it to create interactive user interfaces. Along the way, get a taste of the new capabilities that JavaFX brings to client-side development.

Flickr provides a very useful and flexible API to developers who want to incorporate elements of the site into their own applications, but you can make things even simpler using Groovy scripting and a few lines of Project Zero code. Additionally, the techniques in this article can be applied to other popular sites that combine social networking and data sharing, such as with YouTube, Blogger, and so on.