27 Apr
2009
27 Apr
'09
11:19 a.m.
Anamaria Stoica wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm Anamaria Stoica (on irc: anamarias) and I'll be working on Google Gadget
and OpenSocial
Integration<http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Googl…
will make XWiki more social. My main mentor is going to be Sergiu
Dumitriu.
The co-mentor will be Jerome.
The full integration of Google Gadgets and Open Social
will involve the
creation of a Gadgets Application (using Velocity macros) and backend
support for the new gadgets API. The new gadgets run in containers
(OpenSocial containers) which must support the OpenSocial API (compared to
the original gadgets that run on any website). Moreover any OpenSocial
Application will be able to be installed.
Project comprises 2 parts:
- Gadgets Application : iGoogle like Dashboard, Gadgets Directory, Add
Gadget action etc.
- Open Social integration : integration with Apache
Shindig<http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/>g/>,
application for adding and removing apps, storing activities, adding and
removing friends, canvas pages for OpenSocial applications, etc.
You should start by reading and following tutorials (from
http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Articles_%26_Tutorials), the
API reference (from
http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=JavaScript_API_Reference) and
the specifications (from http://www.opensocial.org/page/specs-1).
One important decision is what version of the API we should support.
Please write an email for this, listing the advantages and disadvantages
of 0.8.1 and 0.9.
I'll make sure to add a detailed project
description, architecture and plan
on the gsoc wiki and ask for your opinions and suggestions.
I'm very happy to be here ! :)
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/