Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services
March 20, 2010 by Ca-Mi.com
Filed under Web 2.0 Books
- ISBN13: 9781590598580
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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 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.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
Well the book seems to promise alot, but from a programmers perspective it really didn’t do me any good. I could have summed up what i’ve learned in 2 or 3 pages.
Additionally the book should be retitled Flickr Mashups as that is what the Author talks about 80% of the time.
I’ve ordered many books from Apress and have liked them all.
All in all the book is awesome for the beginner and should probably be pushed more towards that level.
On a positive note the author is very knowledgeable about the subject and some of his concepts are very unique and eye opening.
All in all book is good, but whoever named and categorized this book should have done a better job.
If you are new, a beginner, or want to learn how to mashup flickr 50 different ways buy this book. If you are looking for something more advanced this is not the book for you.
Rating: 3 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5