Foundations of Popfly - Rapid Mashup Development

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Who This Book Is For

How This Book Is Structured

Prerequisites

Downloading the Code

Contacting the Author

Introduction to Mashups

What Is a Mashup?

A Brief History of Mashups

Understanding Mashup Technology

Mashup Architecture

Examples of Mashups

Mashup Resources on the Web

Summary

Enter Popfly

What Is Popfly?

How Do Silverlight and Popfly Relate?

Getting a Popfly Account

Creating Your Profile

Finding Users

Getting Help

Popfly Examples

Summary

Creating Your First Mashup

Finding Blocks

Setting Block Properties

Connecting Blocks

Testing Your Mashup

Adding HTML to Your Mashup

Saving Your Mashup

Sharing Your Popfly Mashup

Summary

More Mashup Examples

Creating a Flickr Mashup

Creating a Virtual Earth Mashup

Managing Your API Keys

Summary

Creating Web Pages

Creating Your First Page

Changing Headers and Footers

Creating and Adding Content

Changing Page Styles

Adding Mashups to Web Pages

Summary

Sharing Your Popfly Mashup

Tweaking Your Mashup

Sharing Your Mashup

Summary

Extending Popfly with Blocks

What Is a Block?

Block Architecture

RSS Block Description

RSS Block Code

Getting Data from the Server

Summary

Getting Started with the Popfly Block SDK

Downloading the Popfly Block SDK

Installing Visual Web Developer

Setting Up the Block Test Harness

How the Test Harness Works

Summary

Creating Your First Block with Visual Web Developer

Finding a Service for Your Block

Developing Your Block in Visual Web Developer

Testing Your Block

Debugging Your Code with Visual Web Developer

Creating Your Block Definition with Visual Web Developer

Summary

Using the Popfly Block Creator

The Block Creator

Adding Your Block to Popfly

Using Your Block in a Mashup

Summary

Index