YQL adds storage tables and SET verb

Posted September 3, 2009

Yahoo! Query Language is an expressive SQL-like language that lets you query, filter, join, and update data across the Web. This release includes a grab bag of features and fixes inspired by feedback on twitter, our forums, and requests from colleagues. These include:

• SET to configure static variables, such as API keys, secrets, and other required values independently of YQL statements and web service calls.
• yql.storage tables to store and work with data using YQL itself.

Learn more: YQL | Blog post | YQL Storage Docs

Yahoo! Design Pattern Library Update

Posted August 20, 2009

Design patterns describe optimal solutions to the common types of problems web developers and designers come across in specific contexts as they build applications and user interfaces. Today, the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library relaunched with ten new patterns, three new stencil kits, and tons of useful links and resources.

We've updated the navigation, made cleaner URLs for easier bookmarking, integrated forums where you can participate in pattern development, and added Buzz and Delicious links for each pattern.

Learn more about design patterns and how they can help you work smarter and faster.

New Applications on My Yahoo! & Yahoo! Mail

Posted June 5, 2009

Today, we're announcing a collection of new apps for My Yahoo! built on the Yahoo! Application Platform and several new apps for Yahoo! Mail. All of these new apps were created by third-party developers working closely with Yahoo! as part of our open strategy.

Congratulations and thanks to the developers at the following companies: Drugs.com, Flixster, Forbes, Gasbuddy, GreatSchools, kaChing, LabPixies, LiveScience, Mint.com, Mokugift, MyRecipes, Nozbe, OtherInbox, PayPal, Photobucket, Picnik, Snooth, Time and Date, WeRead, WordPress.com, Xoopit, Zumo Drive. Check out their latest apps on Yahoo!.

My Yahoo! Open Apps | YDN Blog Post | Yahoo! Mail Blog Post

YUI Team Releases YUI 3.0.0 beta 1

Posted June 24, 2009

YUI 3, the first beta release of our next-generation JavaScript and CSS library, is a big step forward, featuring improvements to every facet of the library.

The syntax is more terse, allowing you to write more compact code using techniques like chaining. The API is selector-driven, which allows you to target page elements flexibly. The library is even more modular and granular than before, so you only put code on the page for features you need. And YUI 3 retains all of the power and scalability of its predecessor.

Download YUI 3.0.0 beta 1 | Read the documentation | Find examples | Visit the YUI forums

Watch Satyen Desai's tech talk on the YUI 3 architecture