The first release of phpPaypalPro is now available for public download. This program contains very promising features that simplifies the process of integrating with the Website Payments Pro API from Paypal.

p. Ok, so you’ve written a cool new Web API and you’ve written l33t JavaScript to call it from your page. The problem is, anybody who views your source can see how you call your new toy and use it for their own nefarious purposes. Granted, sometimes this is what you want but there are times when you want to keep your toys to yourself. For those times, here is a quick trick you can implement that will help thwart most evil doers.

p. Joshua Eichorn, author of “Understanding AJAX”, has written a cool web service called “Webthumb. Let’s take a look at it and look at some code to use it.

p. Joshua Eichorn is running a contest with his new API for his “Webthumb” API. Sling code, Win prizes! Click on in and I’ll give you the details.