Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

by RaymondYee (Author)

Synopsis

Mashups are hugely popular right now, a very important topic within the general area of Web 2.0, involving technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, APIs, libraries, and server-side languages (such as PHP and ASP.NET.) This book aims to be the definitive tome on Mashup development, to stand in the middle of all the other, more API specific books coming out on Google Maps, Flickr, etc. The book shows how to create real world Mashups using all the most poplar APIs, such as Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon Web Services, and delicious, and includes examples in multiple different server-side languages, such as PHP, Java, and .NET.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 640
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Apress
Published: 28 Feb 2008

ISBN 10: 159059858X
ISBN 13: 9781590598580

Author Bio
Raymond Yee is a data architect, consultant, and trainer. He is currently a lecturer at the School of Information of the University of California at Berkeley, where he teaches the course Mixing and Remixing Information . While earning a Ph.D. in biophysics, he taught computer science, philosophy, and personal development to K-11 students in the Academic Talent Development Program on the Berkeley campus. He is the primary architect of the Scholar's Box, software that enables users to gather digital content from multiple sources to create personal collections that can be shared with others. As a software architect and developer, he focuses on developing software to support learning, teaching, scholarship, and research. Raymond is an erstwhile tubaist, admirer of J. S. Bach, Presbyterian elder, aspiring essayist, son of industrious Chinese-Canadian restaurateurs, and devoted husband of the incomparable Laura.