RapidDevPlatforms
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Rapid application development session.
Yoz Grahame: Ning
Rafael Bracho: Abgenial Systems
Mike Abrose (sp?): Zend
Yoz Grahame: Ning
Ning, platform for the development of social applications. If non-developer, can clone existing apps. Lists lots of them.
Don't need to know any code. Small amounts of customization possible. Invite friends.
If app developer, can edit source code of the applets and do anything with the application, and people can clone what you do. Demos photo sharing application built in six minutes.
No MySQL db backend, although can use SQLLite – instead use Ning content store, which makes data public by default (can make it private).
See reviewit.ning.com for fast map mashup.
Built in combination Amazon, Google, Yahoo, EBay, Flickr etc web services.
Should be easy to drive adoption of new web APIs, because Ning makes it easy – no SDK to download.
Running PHP, Ruby with Rails coming in a month, localization coming, will expose REST API for content store in one month, so people can pull the data back out. No Python support (yet).
ScottMcMullan: JotSpot
JotSpot - an application wiki company.
Core business is hosting wikis for companies, and the twist is ability to add structure to wikis. Create forms, script pages to pull in data from elsewhere. Intranet in a box.
"Everyone knows what it is like to edit a wiki" [True in this audience, but not the world.]
Shows simple task tracking application, a "lo-fi webform". Structure is created by creating forms and using "jotscript" Low barrier to creating structure [if you are a developer]
Jotspot is building little applications and selling them (through Google ads). Shows class reunion example. Shows tracker, application to solve sending spreadsheets around. [Network problems stop him from demoing]. Lastfm and upcoming mashup. Done with Server-side Javascript [I think that is what I heard].
Starting to use Dojo library for Ajax.
Rafael Bracho: Abgenial Systems
No presentation, just talks.
Started Active Software a while ago, went public and sold.
Wanted to make template based applications that business people could configure easily. Platform for business processes without programming. Very dynamic data. For example GPS + Fleet Management for trucks + Salesforce + cellphone incident reports = all shown on Google Maps (because otherwise wouldn't be a mashup - joke). WSDL-like interfaces used throughout. Building a platform. Very declarative. Browser uses "tamed Ajax" with XSLT on server. Also cellphone client.
Talks about the different business model that API providers have for being paid for their API usage. Also enforces API provider branding. Rafeal wants to find out what developers want. They have done a lot of work on the business user requirements side, needs help on figuring out developer requirements.
Will be requesting people for invitation only beta.
Brad: Bungee Labs was Canyon Bridge
Been working on a plaform for a while, but have apps.
Flagship app is CBForce.
Integrated with Salesforce - local files access, click to call VOIP, MS exchange, go to meeting. Visual cue to email connectivity to Salesforce, click for Salesforce information. Click to Dial is POTS via Verizon. Email has inline spellcheck, consolidated salesforce and exchange contact info. Calendar interface – Outlook looking UI, populates both Salesforce and MS Exchange.
Use AJAX and own protocol for talking to the server.
Platform is invitation only Beta.
Demos mashup for route between two contacts.
Dave Brooks from Bungee Labs spoke up. CBForce is true web based integration of Citrix, Google Maps, .... MS Exchange
Deployment costs will be low. There will be a path to monetization for developers.
Real SOA.
Bungee Labs focused on rich user interface for web services.
Mike Abrose (sp?): Zend
[mumbles a lot, hard for me to make much sense of what he says.]
Zend Framework. Says something about IBM PHP wiki. Shows mail.
Search engine. Rewrote Apache Lucene in PHP.
Can include Lucence as PHP object, which give you back query.
Consuming RSS / Atom feeds.
"PHP uses SOAP, but lots of people still stuck using XML-RPC"
Zend does REST / SOAP / XML-RPC. REST is done with a simple http client.
We are very interested in consuming web services. Can get flickr data. Get tested interfaces.
Notes by TimBishop. Apologies in advance for omissions and errors.
