1.3. Our sample program: a Web 2.0 QOTD

If we’re going to the trouble of writing a small application, we might as well have some fun. Our example is a quote-of-the-day (QOTD) web application where we’ll capture and display famous programming quotes from development rock stars throughout time. We’ll let the user add, edit, and cycle through programming quotes, and we’ll even add some Ajax sizzle to give it a Web 2.0 feel. We’ll want a nice short URL for our application, so let’s make “qotd” our application’s working title.