EsenAPE – send and receive SMS in real time using APE, jQuery, PHP and libape_controller

Here we have a sample demo of sending and receiving SMS (text messages) in real-time using APE’s libape_controller. We also utilize an SMS gateway called Esendex which is a UK based company – hence the name EsenAPE. When a message is sent to Esendex (e.g. you reply to the text you sent yourself) it will call a URL (RPC.php) we can then pass this onto APE for updating the users UI. The idea originated from a project I’ve just completed with work, Alert and Respond which basically does what this demo does but not in real time (polls every 30 seconds). It’s a good example of how to use the libape_controller – let me know what you think

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Using jQuery With APE – change the background-color with PHP

A very quick post in regards to Matijah’s comment on Using jquery With APE. We can easily modify the colorChanger application so we can change the background via PHP. This could be extremely helpful in pushing UI changes to users clients, something I struggle to implement using plain PHP and JavaScript.

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Using jQuery with APE – an OOP approach with the DUI

Following up on my previous post, we used a singleton “class” by using a function. I’ve recently come accross the DUI (Digg User Interface) which is a jQuery plugin and extends jQuery so we can use classes – much similiar to MooTools Class method.

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