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With many popular websites offering their services to be extended programmatically, this is a good time for Web developers and hobbyists. Here is a list of such APIs: Technorati Google eBay Yahoo FedEx Flickr BBC EVDB Backpack Amazon The MSN Messenger Activity API is one of the many MSN API's that gives you innovative tools to build applications that integrate with MSN Messenger. There is now also a contest to build the best app on MSN Messenger . Update: The website ProgrammableWeb has a great deal of information on mashups and the new Web 2.0 APIs.

SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine and a Google-O'Reilly 2005 OpenSource Award winner! Peter Bromberg's feedback - "It has an ADO.NET provider, as well as one for ASP.NET 2.0, and speed tests show it beats the pants off Firebird. In addition, its a single DLL that's only about 250K, and requires no installation." Update: SQLITE PRO Enterprise Manager is the equivalent of SQL Server Enterprise Manager for SQLite 3 databases.

On the lines of the MSDN Developer Centers , Mozilla now has its own Developer Center section. Mozilla Developer Center [MDC] aims to provide valuable and comprehensive resources for building Web sites and Web applications for all Web browsers.

Douglas Crockford answers and also explains why JavaScript is the World's most misunderstood programming language

The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of (currently) 7 application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code that can be used "as is," extended, or modified by developers to use on enterprise development projects. Key links: EntLib Community EntLib Product Manager, Tom Hollander's blog EntLib enthusiast Baz's blog