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Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services (Expert's Voice in Web Development) | 
 enlarge | Author: Raymond Yee
Publisher: Apress
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ISBN: 159059858X
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Publication Date: February 25, 2008
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Product Description
The modern Web is awash with data and services just waiting to be used, but how do you make effective use of all this information? The answer lies in APIs (such as Google Maps, Flickr, and Amazon Web Services) and remixing, or mashups. Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services teaches you everything you need to create useful, dynamic real–world applications using APIs, web services, Ajax, web standards, and server–side languages. All you need to make full use of this book is basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and at least one server–side language (such as PHP or ASP.NET). Highlights include the following: - Looks at the overall shape of todays Web from a developers point of view?what are its main features, and what is available for us to use to develop applications?
- Contains real–world examples of creating mashups using all the major APIs.
- Contains examples written in multiple server–side languages.
What you’ll learn - Understand how the constituent parts of the modern Web fit together?web standards, Ajax, APIs, libraries, tagging, blogs, wikis, and more.
- Create different types of mashup, for example mapping mashups, search functionality, calendars, RSS/Atom feeds, social bookmarking, online storage systems, open document formats, and more.
- Build Web 2.0 applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, server–side languages, APIs, and libraries
Who is this book for? This book is for any web developer who is already comfortable with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and at least one server–side language and wants to learn how to create Web 2.0 applications.
About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
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If you want to know about mashups, buy this book December 2, 2008
A. S. Johnson (Anchorage, AK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has something for anyone interested in constructing a mashup. Some of the highlights:
- A section about building mashups with minimal programming.
- Creating a mashup using APIs like Flickr, Delicious, or Google APIs (oh - and Amazon).
- A discussion of the broad set of tools available for making mashups like AJAX, XML, and Javascript and examples on how to implement a mashup using them.
- A discussion of other emerging or less popular tools like online calendars and online spreadsheets.
- A section on making your own website mashable.
- Information on setting up feeds.
The author also provides resources for more information throughout the book.
The one shortcoming I think this book has is that it covers a lot. A beginner could use it as well as someone who has been looking at mashup technology for a while. This makes the book pretty big. It is well organized though, so it is easy to get an overview without getting into the details right away.
An Excellent Web Service Resource November 20, 2008
P. Miller
At first glance the author is a little verbose for my taste. However, the examples were easy to jump in to and start learning.
I picked this book up because I wanted to get some experience with web services. The instruction and examples cover the topics breadth and depth areas very effectively, including SOAP, REST, XML-RPC, etc. I have to agree with an earlier post that even though I am not interested in utilizing Flickr services any time soon, it is a very good example. Also for learning purposes it is helpful to continue the discussion along a continuous thread thought.
I would recommend this book to any one with at least a moderate level of web programming experience who is interested extending their applications.
Superb Introduction To Mashups and Web Services July 28, 2008
Dean Rodina (Georgetown, CO USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
An excellent, up-to-date (2008) book on mashups including: a workmanlike overview of the components with real exercises, details of the services, list of leading websites supporting mashups with specific interactions/examples of several, resource links, etc. A common thread through the book is using Flickr services, which makes sense as a learning exercise -- theirs is a widely used and robust set of features and services. While I could actually care less about interacting with Flickr, it was a good learning tool, and if by chance you do want to use Flickr in your mashups, then order the book right now.
One point, though, is that while the author tries to speak to all levels of web developer, that doesn't succeed so well -- the topic is really pretty advanced for beginners. Though anyone can glean useful knowledge, this is really a book for mid-level and above developers. If your exposure to websites is limited to Photoshop and Dreamweaver, this is probably not the best book for you.
I use (mostly) PHP now (formerly Java and before that C++ and before that you don't want to know), and there were a lot of PHP-specifics (though not exclusive), which I appreciated. The scattered resource links were invaluable. I tend to be submerged in my own field, and don't have the time to keep up with every trend, and this book pointed out several sites/tools that are apparently widely known and used, but with which I was unfamiliar.
Excellent job.
The King of Mashup Books May 19, 2008
Robert Bunn (Colorado)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you have an interest in learning about mashups, this is a book you don't want to miss. Whether you're just starting out or have some understanding of the subject already this book will dramatically increase your understanding of the subject.
Excellent! Tour De Force of the subject April 11, 2008
Paris Treantafeles (New York USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Kudos to the author and publisher for this release.
This book is a tour de force of the subject of Mashups.
I was looking for a good book on this subject so that I could introduce it to students as part of an extra-curricular technology program in NYC and this book is perfect.
In a sentence, Mashups are created by taking data from one or more sources and making something new and useful from them.
In my opinion, the subject is very important because there is a vast amount of data that is available now. Today the challenge is not just finding data but putting to use. This book shows you how to do that.
The author's writing style is excellent, mixing theory and applications. The book is filled with hands on examples as well as references for research in each of the areas.
I believe that this book can be read by anyone interested in the subject, regardless of their technical background. For those that want to create Mashups without programming, this book shows you how. For those that want to delve into programming, everything that you need is covered including AJAX, PHP, various data formats and how to parse them, various Javascript libraries and more.
The book is laid out in four parts:
1. Remixing Information Without Programming
As the title suggests, the chapters in this section require no previous programming experience. The author walks through some specific examples, introduces terminology and analyzes how sites like Flickr and del.icio.us work so that you can get the most out of them. Tools such as Yahoo! Pipes (a browser-based visual application for Mashups and Remixing) are explored. Following along with the discussion the reader can put together a Mashup or Remix by simply understanding the concepts and using tools, but not having to delve into coding.
2. Remixing a Single Web Application Using Its API
For the person who wants to code, this part of the book jumps right in discussing the Flickr API, PHP usage, XML processing and more. From there the discussion moves to other APIs and using AJAX/Javascript widgets.
3. Making Mashups
This section starts by delving into the ProgrammableWeb website. Showing how to find what resources are available, studying existing Mashups via which APIs they use and how to go about creating new ones. From there XMLHttpRequest and Javascript libraries such as YUI are covered and a step-by-step example is given using the previously discussed techniques. Lastly, the author addresses issues around implementing Mashups on your site including standards, accessibility and your own API. I was glad to see these topics covered as sometimes in the haste of getting something online, they can be overlooked.
4. Exploring Other Mashup Topics
This final section of the book covers a large range of interesting topics such as Map-based Mashups, Social Bookmarking, Calendars, Online Storage, Desktop and Office Suites, Embeddable Data Formats and Searches.
As you can see, there's a lot of information covered in this book. In my opinion, everything that one could want on the subject and written in such a way that you want to keep reading, exploring and creating your own Mashups.
I highly recommend this book - so far, it has been my favorite read of 2008!
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