Mistakes are how we learn! :) Below is a good write up by Timothy Fiz [1]. It's old, but it's still a good summary. He references GitHub, which is worth noting

Mistakes are how we learn! :) Below is a good write up by Timothy Fiz [1]. It's old, but it's still a good summary. He references GitHub, which is worth noting. GitHub allows developers to set webhooks for automated tasks that are triggered by repo events. It's a great reference implementation with good documentation [2]. 1 - http://timothyfitz.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/what-webhooks-are-and-why-you-should-care/ http://timothyfitz.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/what-webhooks-ar... 2 - http://help.github.com/post-receive-hooks/ http://help.github.com/post-receive-hooks/