Ajaxworld Opensocial Presentation

Introducing OpenSocial

“Building Social Ajax applications with OpenSocial”

Chris Schalk

Developer AdvocateGoogle

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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What is OpenSocial?

• OpenSocial is a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web

• It is being developed by Google in conjunction with partners from the Web/Social Application development community

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Why OpenSocial is Important?

• The Web is better when its social

• Isn’t the Web social already?

• 100s of millions of users already have signed up for social networks around the world

• That’s great, but we believe it can get better

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The problem of social network development

“.. But what if you want to build an application that will run on multiple social websites?”

• Problem: Developers have to learn multiple APIs to publish in multiple environments

• Solution: OpenSocial allows developers to write applications to a common standard API that will run on multiple websites!

• As each social website opens its environment to developers, it exposes an API

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OpenSocial solves this problem

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OpenSocial solves this problem

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What can OpenSocial do for the Web?

• It’s about more, more, more • More applications can be built by developers• More websites can run these applications• More users can use these applications

For Web developers this equates to distribution, distribution, distribution!

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OpenSocial is not GoogleSocial

• The evolution of OpenSocial…

“It is about working with open standards and open partners in a collaborative fashion to build the best technology”

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OpenSocial in the US

Pictures of hackerthon

Partner Hackathon at SixApart in San Francisco

Pictures of container meeting

Numerous Hackathons held both at Google and at Partners sites

On Site Google Hackathons

– We supplied Power, Wifi, & Pizza!

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OpenSocial in Japan

Pictures of hackerthon

関連ドキュメントの

日本語化を検討中

Pictures of container meeting

世界でも最も Social Site が成功している国の一つ

パートナーのオンライン /

オフラインの参加をサポート– ハッカーソン

– OpenSocial Container Provider Meeting

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OpenSocial in India

Pictures of hackerthon

Hacking in Delhi

Pictures of container meeting

Did a multi-city tour in Fall 07 - introducing OpenSocial

Kicking off Hackathon in Bangalore

– OpenSocial Container Provider Meeting

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Who’s working on OpenSocial?

Over 200 other influential companies…

amiandoAnimotoAppirioBeboBleacher ReportBonstioNetBrad AndersonBunchball, IncBuyFastCardinal Blue SoftwareChakpakChronus CorporationCi&T Inccome2play

CurrentTVE-junkieEngage.comeTwine Holdings, Inc.Fendoo LtdFlixsterFotoFlexerFriendsterGrimmthethingGuerreiro ConsultHedgeStop.comHi5

Hungry MachineHyvesIG.com (Division of Brasil Telecom)iFamily, InciLikeImeemIndeed.comKlickSports, Inc.LabPixies Ltd.LimitNoneLinkedInLjmSite

LoveMyGadgetsLuvGoogleGadgetsMesa Dynamics, LLCMixiMuseStorm IncMySpaceNetvibesNewsGatorNikeNingNY TimesShelfari

O Globo OnlineOberon MediaOracleOrkutOutside.InPayPalPlaxoPROTRADEPuxaQloudRockYouSalesforce.com …

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OpenSocial is not just for friends

• There is an untapped Enterprise potential • Instead of friends just sharing photos, messages business partners can interact via social networks

• Google is now partnering with many influential business application providers

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OpenSocial Roadmap

• Version 0.5 was released in a “developer release” on Nov 1st.

• First “sandbox” was made available on Orkut

• Version 0.6 was released in December

• Initial version of Shindig server software was launched as Apache incubator project• Other sandboxes came live - Hi5, Ning, Plaxo …

• Version 0.7 (production) was released in January• MySpace, Hi5, Orkut officially launching “very soon”

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Gartner Technology Hype curve

Case Study: OpenSocialCase Study: OpenSocial

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OpenSocial Roadmap a la the “Hype curve”

Case Study: OpenSocialCase Study: OpenSocial

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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OpenSocial APIs overview

• People and Friends Data API Access friends information programmatically • Activities Data API See what you’re friends are up to Share what you are doing

• Persistence Data APIShare data with your friends, the world

The core OpenSocial services include:

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OpenSocial APIs overview

• Gadgets Core Utilities handling gadget preferences, IO, JSON • Gadgets Feature-Specific Utilities for working with flash, window management, tabs, rpc, MiniMessage

Additional Gadgets services include:

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Core Services - People & Friends

/*** Request for friend info when the page loads.*/

function getData() { var req = opensocial.newDataRequest(); req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest(VIEWER), 'viewer'); req.add(req.newFetchPeopleRequest(VIEWER_FRIENDS), 'viewerFriends'); req.send(onLoadFriends);};

Getting info on you and your friends:

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Core Services - People

/*** Callback function for returned friend data.*/

function onLoadFriends(response) { var viewer = response.get('viewer').getData(); var html = 'Friends of ' + viewer.getDisplayName() + ‘:<br><ul>’; var viewerFriends = response.get('viewerFriends').getData(); viewerFriends.each(function(person) { html += '<li>' + person.getDisplayName() + '</li>';}); html += '</ul>'; document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = html;};

Getting info on you and your friends:

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Generated output:

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Core Services - Activities

/*** Posting a simple text activity*/

function postActivity(text) { var params = {}; params[opensocial.Activity.Field.TITLE] = text; var activity = opensocial.newActivity(params); opensocial.requestCreateActivity(activity, opensocial.CreateActivityPriority.HIGH, callback);}

postActivity("This is a sample activity, created at " + new Date().toString());

Posting an Activity:

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Activities in Orkut:

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Core Services - Persistence

/*** Storing data*/function populateMyAppData() { var req = opensocial.newDataRequest(); var data1 = Math.random() * 5; var data2 = Math.random() * 100;

req.add(req.newUpdatePersonAppDataRequest("VIEWER", "AppField1", data1)); req.add(req.newUpdatePersonAppDataRequest("VIEWER", "AppField2", data2)); req.send(requestMyData);};

Requesting to persist data:

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Core Services - Persistence

/** * Fetching data*/function requestMyData() { var req = opensocial.newDataRequest(); var fields = ["AppField1", "AppField2"]; req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest( opensocial.DataRequest.PersonId.VIEWER), "viewer"); req.add(req.newFetchPersonAppDataRequest("VIEWER", fields), "viewer_data"); req.send(handleReturnedData);}

Requesting to persist data:

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Core Services - Persistence

/*** Displaying persisted data*/function handleReturnedData(data) { var mydata = data.get("viewer_data"); var viewer = data.get("viewer"); me = viewer.getData(); // me is global var var data = mydata[me.getId()];

htmlout += "AppField1: " + data["AppField1"] + "<br/>"; htmlout += "AppField2: " + data["AppField2"] + "<br/>"; var div = document.getElementById('content_div'); div.innerHTML = htmlout;}

Displaying the fetched (persisted) data:

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Demonstration

• Building some simple OpenSocial apps in Orkut• Displaying your friends

• Reviewing other OpenSocial applications

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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OpenSocial’s Container - Shindig

• What is Shindig?• “OpenSource software that allows you to serve OpenSocial

applications”

• Is currently an Apache Software Incubator project• Heavy partner involvement: Ning championed• Open source reference implementation of OpenSocial & Gadgets technologies

• It’s Goal: “To serve as an easy to use OpenSocial “container in a box”

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Shindig Components

ShindigShindig

Gadget ServerGadget Server

Gadget Container Gadget Container JavaScriptJavaScript

OpenSocial Container JavaScript

Gadget Rendering ServletGadget Rendering Servlet

• Gadget Server• Renders gadget XML (i.e. from gmodules.com)• Gadget Container JavaScript

• OpenSocial Container JavaScript

• JavaScript environment for people, activities, persistence

•OpenSocial Gateway Server• WIP!

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Shindig in Action

Gadget XML SourceGadget XML Source

Running the application Request is made from Client Data is returned and rendered

Application Installation Gadget XML is loaded and cached on OpenSocial Container

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Demonstration

• Checking out the Shindig website

• Running and Debugging Shindig from Eclipse

• Trying out the SampleContainer

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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OpenSocial’s REST APIs

• Why are REST APIs needed?• “What if you don’t have a JavaScript environment?”

• Progress is now being made on the specification for OpenSocial REST APIs!

• A new proposal is been published• Posted in “opensocial-and-gadgets-spec” Google Group

• Currently receiving feedback

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With REST APIs OpenSocial can go Mobile!

• The OpenSocial Mobile environment potential is obviously huge • Since OpenSocial based on common Web standards programming is straightforward

• HTML/JavaScript• Flash/Flash Lite • REST APIs (Upcoming)

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With REST APIs OpenSocial can go Mobile!

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Agenda

• What is OpenSocial and Why is it important?

• A Technical Overview of OpenSocial• JavaScript APIs• Container Software - Shindig• REST APIs

• Where to find more information on OpenSocial

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Where to find more info on OpenSocial

• OpenSocial APIs• code.google.com/opensocial• code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources

• Shindig• incubator.apache.org/shindig

(Me) cschalk@google.com

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Questions?