I’ve tried to use Dapper a lot to create feeds from websites and, each time, despite great promise, the Dapp hasn’t come out working properly for me. However, last time this happened (last week) I received good support from the Dapper team and they helped me out creating this Dapp: http://www.dapper.net/dapp-howto-use.php?dappName=EarthCalendarWorldHolidays

It takes two variables, a month and a day, and returns the national holidays around the world for that date.

I think that when Dapper manages to solve some of the functional problems with its Dapp Factory, it is poised to really take off. I haven’t experienced a good competitive product yet. Any tips?

J.

So yeah, Dapper is pretty resilient to underlying site changes. Naturally, if a site owner completely overhauls the structure of the page, your Dapp will stop working. To combat that, we currently monitor Dapps and alert the creator via email when the Dapp’s quality begins to deteriorate. In the coming months, we’ll be completing a major project which automatically corrects Dapps as they deteriorate in a pro-active manner. This technology will actually also be used to create Dapps automatically for some sites, and it employs some really cool methods.

I’ll catch you up over a beer next time you’re in town.

Jon