Product Description

Mashups are one of the key elements of the Web 2.0 phenomenon, involving technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, APIs, libraries, and server-side languages such as Java, PHP and ASP.NET. These mashups epitomize modern web development techniques—reusing data and code that others have provided to put together complex applications quickly and easily This book will be the definitive tome on mashup development, to stand in the middle of the other, more API -specific books. Pro Web 2.0 Mashups shows you how to create real world mashups using all the most popular APIs, such as Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon Web Services, and del.icio.us. Examples will be provided in multiple server-side languages, including PHP, Java, and .NET. The book provides an overview of mashups, including the technologies involved, and the tools available to create them, before looking in detail at the different types of mashup that can be created, including maps, search mashups and image mashups, Numerous examples are offered of both existing mashups, and ones you can build yourself via step by step tutorials.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #368566 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 603 pages

About the Author
Raymond Yee is a data architect, consultant, and trainer. He is currently a lecturer at the School of Information, UC Berkeley, where he teaches the course "Mixing and Remixing Information." While earning a PhD 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.