Mashup Server

In this article, you will learn how to convert your WSO2 Mashup Server to a personalized dashboard. Once implemented, each user of your Mashup Server will get his own Dashboard page similar to iGoogle, that is capable of displaying gadgets for mashups in your WSO2 Mashup Server. As an added bonus, users will also have the ability to import iGoogle compatible gadgets from other sources to this dashboard. All this could be done, either by upgrading to version 1.5 distribution of the Mashup Server or taking a simple Subversion checkout and doing a Maven2 build on your part.

This tutorial by Yumani Ranaweera will take you through a couple of scenarios to demonstrate the instant messaging capability of the WSO2 Mashup Server. WSO2 Mashup Server currently supports basic IM capabilities such as real-time communication, instantaneous communication between a number of parties simultaneously, by transmitting information quickly and efficiently.

The JavaScript language allows users to set properties on any object, including a function (cause a function in JavaScript is an object). The Mashup Server treats some of these predefined properties in a special way. We refer to these special properties as annotations.

The WSO2 Mashup Server provides a powerful platform for developing and deploying mashups. In this introductory Webinar, Jonathan will present the architecture and Javascript-based development model, highlighting the capabilities of this exciting platform. He will also explore the administrative console that supports multiple users, search, tags, ratings, comments - everything you need to scale the Mashup Server up from an individual productivity tool to an indispensable enterprise resource.

InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson talks to WSO2's Director of Mashup Technologies, Jonathan Marsh at Mashup Camp in Mountainview, CA.

WSO2's Mashup expert Jonathan Marsh is conducting a webinar on raindance.com on the 12th of February 2008. In this introductory Webinar he will present the architecture and highlight capabilities of this exciting platform. The administrative console will also be discussed with its support for multiple users, search, tags, ratings and comments.

WSO2 is offering its open-source WSO2 Mashup Server product, which leverages JavaScript and Web services in assembling mashups, on Monday. Paul Krill, editor at large at InfoWorld, tells us about Mooshup.com - the online community site to be launched on Monday for developing and sharing mashups.

In this article, Jonathan Marsh describes how he used the WSO2 Mashup Server to create a feed from the National Geographic site's 'Photo of the Day' to create a screensaver for his computer.