Apache Shindig

Apache Shindig
Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation
Stable release
2.5.2 / October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
Written in JavaScript, PHP and Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Application framework
License Apache License 2.0
Website http://shindig.apache.org/

Shindig is a framework for web-based applications. It is an open source project which began in December 2007 to provide a reference implementation for the OpenSocial standard. The software contains both server-side and client-side code. Once the project is mature, an installation of this product will be capable of rendering OpenSocial gadgets in a web browser.

Features

In the announcement for Shindig's first code commit, four primary features of Shindig were cited:[1]

  • Gadget Container JavaScript—core JavaScript foundation for general gadget functionality. This JavaScript manages security, communication, UI layout, and feature extensions, such as the OpenSocial API.
  • Gadget Server—an open source version of gmodules.com, which is used to render the gadget XML into JavaScript and HTML for the container to expose via the container JavaScript.
  • OpenSocial Container JavaScript—JavaScript environment that sits on top of the Gadget Container JavaScript and provides OpenSocial specific functionality (profiles, friends, activities).
  • OpenSocial Gateway Server—an open source implementation of the server interface to container-specific information, including the OpenSocial REST APIs, with clear extension points so others can connect it to their own backends.It helps truly for open social sources

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dan Peterson (December 12, 2007). "Let's get this Shindig started". Google OpenSocial API blog. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
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