Clarity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/1328402515/sizes/o/

OpenSocial & YAP Erik Eldridge

Yahoo! Developer Network

WeekendApps 2/22/09

Presentation outline

• OpenSocial

• YAP Dashboard

• YQL

• Resources

OpenSocial

Opensocial.org

Opensocial v 0.8

Whaddyathink? Orkut

Whaddyathink? MySpace

JavaScript & CSS:tips and tricks for Caja

• JavaScript tips– Push as much as possible to backend – For now, avoid JS libraries, e.g. jQuery, YUI, etc.– Use server-side html generation– Server-side SDKs > client-side JS– Use JSLint & Caja Test Bed

• CSS tips– Avoid star and underscore hacks– Avoid self-clearing floats using :after

YAP

Dweekly: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dweekly/2849075649/sizes/l/

YAP Dashboard

• https://developer.yahoo.com/dashboard/

• Note: 4 app. Types– Open (YAP)– OAuth – General Access – BB Auth

OAuth apps

• Use if you want to handle user data off Yahoo!

• Requires root access on domain

YAP apps

• Use if you want to handle user data on Yahoo!

YQL

Image Editor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11304375@N07/2844536237/sizes/l/in/photostream/

YQL

• Comparable to Y! Pipes

• Very flexible

• Can access the same data as the Y! PHP SDK

Resources

• YOS docs:– http://developer.yahoo.com

• Google IO vido on cross-container OpenSocial:– http://sites.google.com/site/io/opensocial-across-c

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