I've an idea, let's do a webapp - or not

Small talk demonstrating various types of UI, to go further and beyond the web page, around a TicTacToe example.

Code (use at your own risk) can be found on github:
* http://github.com/vanakenm/ttt
* http://github.com/vanakenm/ttt-web
* http://github.com/vanakenm/ttt-cmd

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1. I got an idea
   Let’s do a webapp…
   Or not
   “There is more than pages to the web”
   

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2. About us
   @toch @martinvanaken
   Co-founders @8th_color
   Blog: blog.8thcolor.com
   PullReview http://pullreview.com
   Ask for a demo!
   

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3. About.us
   

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4. We’re a startup.
   which means
   We’re broke.
   

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6. ...of course we’re coming
   

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7. I’ve a
   

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9. Let’s do a
   

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10. 0. Logic
    

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18. 1. Web UI
    

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21. Demo
    

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22. 2. API
    

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25. Demo
    

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26. Why
    

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28. 3. Console
    

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32. Demo
    

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33. Why
    

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35. 4. Mail
    

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36. Demo
    

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43. Demo
    

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44. Why
    

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47. So...
    

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48. UI ⊂ WebUIs
    

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49. Mail is a UI
    

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50. Command line is a
    UI
    

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51. Web UIs
    are fine
    

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52. Not everything
    needs to be
    a Web UI
    

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53. Not everything
    needs to be
    only a Web UI
    

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55. ● Rails nice JSON support
    ● Test APIs with Chrome/Postman
    ● Manage options with OptionParser
    ● Call APIs with rest-client
    ● Deploy to heroku
    ● Send mails with Postmark and Mail
    ● Receive inbound mails
    

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56. ● http://robdodson.me/blog/2012/06/14/how-
    to-write-a-command-line-ruby-gem/
    ● https://addons.heroku.com/postmark
    ● https://chrome.google.
    com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-
    client/fdmmgilgnpjigdojojpjoooidkmcomcm?
    hl=en
    ● https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client
    

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57. Happy
    Coding!
    

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