How to create your own RSS Reader - Conclusion about RSS Solutions

So how do you choose a solution?

Well, parsing RSS isn't rocket science, most people will be able to get away with the bare minimum of code.

If you're looking at coding a commercial RSS reader, things get a little trickier. You will have to support multiple RSS specifications, most RSS elements.

Perhaps provide a caching mechanism (using the ttl element or something), consider supporting various xml namespaces being used by extension elements, like FeedBurner for example - offer support for ATOM etc.

Looking at it from an application perspective, you'll need to think about proxy servers, firewalls - adjusting your code accordingly.

Consider the maintainability of your code - what happens if RSS 3.0 gets introduced tomorrow - will it be a big issue updating your code? Perhaps sacrificing some code performance in order to make code more manageable - the solution thats the most maintainable (if thats your biggest concern) might be the one you would want to go with.

Then again, like I said, this isn't rocket science...

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