Griffin Foundations of Popfly

Rapid Mashup Development
1. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-0568-5
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 194 Seiten

Popfly was created as a tool for designers to build mashups in a visual manner, rapidly, without needing to know any code. By simply dragging out 'blocks' that represent services such as Flickr onto your workspace and then drawing connection lines between them, you can create a mashup. It's as easy as that! Get Popfly and Silverlight up and running on your computer, and then learn how to use the Popfly Mashup Creator and Popfly Web Page Creator to share your mashups with the world. Author Eric Griffin will introduce you to Popfly and show you everything you need to start creating your own hybrid web applications.

Eric Griffin works as a Microsoft consultant. He is based in Atlanta and specializes in Microsoft application development technologies, tools, and platforms. This includes Visual Studio, SQL Server, ASP.NET, C#, Reporting Services, Office, SharePoint Server, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Griffin, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents at a Glance;5
2;Contents;6
3;About the Author;10
4;About the Technical Reviewer;11
5;Acknowledgments;12
6;Introduction;13
6.1;Who This Book Is For;13
6.2;How This Book Is Structured;13
6.3;Prerequisites;15
6.4;Downloading the Code;15
6.5;Contacting the Author;15
7;Introduction to Mashups;16
7.1;What Is a Mashup?;16
7.2;A Brief History of Mashups;17
7.3;Understanding Mashup Technology;19
7.4;Mashup Architecture;24
7.5;Examples of Mashups;26
7.6;Mashup Resources on the Web;28
7.7;Summary;35
8;Enter Popfly;36
8.1;What Is Popfly?;37
8.2;How Do Silverlight and Popfly Relate?;42
8.3;Getting a Popfly Account;43
8.4;Creating Your Profile;43
8.5;Finding Users;44
8.6;Getting Help;45
8.7;Popfly Examples;45
8.8;Summary;48
9;Creating Your First Mashup;49
9.1;Finding Blocks;50
9.2;Setting Block Properties;51
9.3;Connecting Blocks;52
9.4;Testing Your Mashup;56
9.5;Adding HTML to Your Mashup;57
9.6;Saving Your Mashup;58
9.7;Sharing Your Popfly Mashup;59
9.8;Summary;60
10;More Mashup Examples;61
10.1;Creating a Flickr Mashup;61
10.2;Creating a Virtual Earth Mashup;71
10.3;Managing Your API Keys;81
10.4;Summary;83
11;Creating Web Pages;84
11.1;Creating Your First Page;84
11.2;Changing Headers and Footers;86
11.3;Creating and Adding Content;88
11.4;Changing Page Styles;92
11.5;Adding Mashups to Web Pages;95
11.6;Summary;98
12;Sharing Your Popfly Mashup;99
12.1;Tweaking Your Mashup;99
12.2;Sharing Your Mashup;103
12.3;Summary;116
13;Extending Popfly with Blocks;117
13.1;What Is a Block?;117
13.2;Block Architecture;118
13.3;RSS Block Description;119
13.4;RSS Block Code;126
13.5;Getting Data from the Server;136
13.6;Summary;136
14;Getting Started with the Popfly Block SDK;137
14.1;Downloading the Popfly Block SDK;137
14.2;Installing Visual Web Developer;140
14.3;Setting Up the Block Test Harness;143
14.4;How the Test Harness Works;149
14.5;Summary;157
15;Creating Your First Block with Visual Web Developer;158
15.1;Finding a Service for Your Block;158
15.2;Developing Your Block in Visual Web Developer;165
15.3;Testing Your Block;174
15.4;Debugging Your Code with Visual Web Developer;176
15.5;Creating Your Block Definition with Visual Web Developer;180
15.6;Summary;185
16;Using the Popfly Block Creator;186
16.1;The Block Creator;186
16.2;Adding Your Block to Popfly;190
16.3;Using Your Block in a Mashup;193
16.4;Summary;197
17;Index;198