Plumbing
Inside NPR.org posts about Plumbing
The NPR API: An Engine Rebuild
by Randall Randall
Recently, the development team at NPR revamped the inner workings of the API.
Behind the Code: Avoiding Spaghetti HTML
by Jason Grosman
Just a warning, this is going to delve pretty deeply into the technical issues of rendering HTML on a complex, data-driven website. I think we do it in a way that Web developers might find interesting.
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Friendlier URLs Come To NPR
by Joanne Garlow
NPR.org is expanding the use of semantic URLs to the majority of our website starting today.
What Happens When Stuff Breaks On NPR.org
by Jason Grosman
Under the best circumstances, in a web site as complex and busy as NPR's, problems will occur. Some of them are are avoidable, such as bugs in our code. And some of them are environmental issues, such as a network problem or database failure. Ofte...
Thinking About NPR's Digital Future
NPR is assembling an extraordinary group of technologists, entrepreneurs and innovators in San Francisco to spend the day thinking — in public — about what's ahead.
The NPR Media Player: Better, Stronger, Faster - And Embeddable
by Adam J Martin
Along with the other changes we made during the NPR.org, we've also updated our media player, including making it faster and embeddable.
Search, Matches and Self Service
by Zach Brand
NPR.org has a new search engine powered by Google's Search Appliance that allows for better tuning by non-technical staff. This is a key philosphy of the team which is to build tools that other's can use to provide 'self service' .
Clean Content = Portable Content
by Daniel Jacobson
One of the most important things for content producers is to remain relevant to their users. With content becoming more readily available to these users through distribution channels, it is up to these content producers to make sure the content i...
The Guts of the Station Finder Map
by Daniel Jacobson
NPR's Station Finder Map re-launched about two weeks ago. This post explains more about how the map works and about the data that supports.
The Station Finder Map with Driving Directions is Live on NPR.org
by Daniel Jacobson
We are excited to annouce the re-release of NPR's Station Finder Map, complete with the Road Trip functionality.
Should NPR Embrace OpenID?
by Zach Brand
Zach Brand here — I head up technology for NPR's Digital Media efforts. Our most recent additions to the codebase is our new registration engine / authentication tool. Initially, we're using the registration system for newsletter subscriptions, ...
