Hi Rohit,
Thanks for your prompt responses. It really helps & encourages me.
I have some more doubts.
1. By distributing the code in different js and including it in
Content Portion of XML file solves the problem of Core Code.
But what about the User Interface part?
As per your answers & opensocial tutorials what i understand is
that "we have to manage all the UI related
things(different pages in this case) in a single XML file." right?
If i am right and if you know any better technique to resolve this
UI issue then please share it with me.
2. Where to store the different javascript files? At my server?
Is it required to store my main gadget (.xml file) and all the .js
files at same location?
3. I have followed the steps given in the
http://chrisschalk.com/shindig_docs/io/shindig-io.html
What i did was:
-> Installed JDK
-> We are using TortoiseSVN so i have created one directory for open
social project and did a fresh checkout
successfully.
-> Executed mvn and mvn-P run commands...it shows that server is
running.
-> And finally visited
http://localhost:8080/gadgets/files/samplecontainer/samplecontainer.html
and it also run
successfully.
Now the problem is..i dont understand the way all these things are
working...and frankly speaking i dont want to...what i want is just to
test my app locally.
There are various directories in the checked out project
like...config,etc,features,java,javascript,php,site...
Now what should i do next to start developing sample app. and run in
local?
Where to keep my app related files like gadget (.xml file), .js
files . so that i can access it using http://localhost:8080/....
Thanks
Amit
On Jun 13, 4:46 pm, "Rohit Ghatol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Amit,
> These are good questions :).
> First of when I say develop an OpenSocial App as an XML. Its like saying the
> XML is the file which you would upload on a Container (say Orkut for
> example).
> Yes, for a big application, it makes sense to distribute the code in
> different logical files, for better readability and design. You need to do
> this, along with this, you will include the references of all these files in
> your XML file.
>
> Remember the gadget XML file has a Content Portion, which is much like an
> HTML page with JavaScript. If you have distributed your code in different js
> files, you need to include them in the Content Portion of the XML file.
>
> Second, testing in your own environment, this is always required. You can
> use Apache Shindig to test your code.
> 1. Checkout, build and deploy Apache Shindig
> 2. Create a State XML file. In a state xml file, you declare your people
> network for that local shindig deployment (who is friend of who), Activity
> stream, Persistence Store
> 3. Run your app on the samplecontainer page
>
> Here is a good documentation on how to setup shindig and a video also (just
> jump to where chris schalk talks).
> 1.http://chrisschalk.com/shindig_docs/io/shindig-io.html- Only read lab1
> 2.http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ila8j1cvnWk- Go to time 36 mins
>
> Thanks,
> Rohit
>
> Google Developer Programs
>
> Meet OpenSocial developers
> irc://irc.freenode.net/opensocial
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM, amit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Rohit,
>
> > Thank you very much for your quick and very much valuable reply.
> > Sorry for the delay from my side.
>
> > Your reply cleared so many things but still i have some more doubts.
>
> > > 2. Also, you can develop the entire application in your environment and
> > > upload the final Gadget XML file to Orkut Sandbox for development and
> > Orkut
> > > Application directory for production.
>
> > My question is, normally developing any application requires to write
> > code in many different files and to create different pages. But here
> > it looks like there is only one XML file in which we have to write
> > code, so i am wondering how i will develop & maintain a big
> > application in just a single file.(actually i am trying to do
> > feasibility study of the app i am gng to develop)
> > And as you said "you can develop the entire application in your
> > environment", so how OpenSocial API will work in my local envirement &
> > how i will test my code in local environment because the code we are
> > writing is in XML file so where to run that XML file.
>
> > Thanks
> > Amit
>
> > On May 26, 10:17 pm, "Rohit Ghatol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Amit,
> > > I will try my best to answer your question in your context.
>
> > > 1. Yes it is possible that when a user adds your opensocial application,
> > > the user also becomes a member of your website. You can use the Orkut's
> > UID
> > > as the user id and use Signed requests (gadgets.io.makeRequest) to trust
> > > Orkut. This way without any need of user registration, you can have user
> > > registered at your server.
>
> > > 2. Also, you can develop the entire application in your environment and
> > > upload the final Gadget XML file to Orkut Sandbox for development and
> > Orkut
> > > Application directory for production.
>
> > > Here is the general steps to do this
> > > 1. Write OpenSocial App using OpenSocial APIs. The OpenSocial APIs help
> > you
> > > a. Get Viewer (one who is viewing the application), Owner ( the one
> > who
> > > has installed the application) and their friends
> > > b. Store Information in PersonApp Store in the container. Orkut
> > > currently supports 10kb of information to be stored per user per
> > > application
> > > c. Post Activities (Orkut Updates), so other users can know what
> > > activities a user is doing through their application.
> > > d. Send Message to other users and Send Application Install Requests
> > to
> > > other users for viral spread of the application. (There is ofcourse a
> > limit
> > > on this to avoid spamming. Currently Orkut supports Send Message).
>
> > > 2. Communicate with your server (asp.net) using gadgets.io.makeRequest.
> > You
> > > can communicate using JSON (if you like).
>
> > > Here are the links to the documentation
> > > 1. API Reference -
> >http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/reference/
> > > 2. Info about all major OpenSocial Containers -
> >http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted.html
> > > 3. Developer Guide -
> >http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/devguide.html
> > > 4. Tutorial -
> >http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/tutorial/tutorial-0.7...
> > > 5. All Major articles -
> >http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/tutorial/tutorial-0.7...
> > > 6. OpenSocial Wiki -
> >http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/wiki/CodeSnippets
>
> > > Hope this helps you.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rohit
>
> > > Google Developer Programs
>
> > > Join us at Google's biggest developer event of the year
> > > May 28-29, San Franciscohttp://code.google.com/events/io
>
> > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:55 AM, amit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello everybody,
>
> > > > After reading opensocial apis and gadgets apis i have some doubts.
>
> > > > 1.First of all, for me, the main purpose behind the opensocial apps
> > > > development is to increase the user base of my product(desktop
> > > > application). I have one website through which users can purchase and
> > > > download the product.
>
> > > > And i want to develop opensocial app so that whenever user adds my
> > > > application, that user automatically will be added into my database
> > > > and become the user of my site.
>
> > > > Is it possible to do such kind of thing?
> > > > If yes, then please guide me how to implement it.
>
> > > > 2. Can i develop the whole application at my local environment and
> > > > upload it to orkut? if yes then how the API's will work at my local
> > > > environment?
>
> > > > 3.Google Gadgets Editor (GGE) (http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/
> > > > docs/gs.html#Scratchpad<
> >http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/gs.html#Scratchpad>)
> > > > is the only place where i can write the
> > > > code?
> > > > Because to develop big application it is very difficult to develop
> > > > in such a small area.
> > > > 4.Is it possible to store some information to my server? How to do
> > > > that? What type of development needed at my server side(my website is
> > > > developed in asp.net)?
>
> > > > Any help will be appriciated
> > > > Thanks in advance.
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