Shindig itself is focused on implementing the OpenSocial spec, but, as Paul says, it doesn't cover everything involved with shipping a full application platform, but it is a (big?) tool towards the backend of such a system. The post that introduced Partuza , which is primarily the frontend written in PHP, on the OpenSocial blog is at: http://blog.opensocial.org/2008/08/lets-get-this-partuza-started.html
Socialsite is a good option for a Java FE. -Dan On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Paul Lindner <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand integrating a social site with shindig isn't easy. There's > lots of integration to do. > > Developer Accounts > Application Gallery > Interface with profile/canvas > Messaging > Permissions > etc. > > These are beyond the scope of Shindig. > > Ff you want java examples you can look at Sun's Social Site implementation, > it's built on top of shindig (and a number of other components.) > > https://socialsite.dev.java.net/ > > > > On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Jordan Zimmerman wrote: > > For a real container implementation, you'd probably want to start with >>> something like Partuza. >>> >> >> Lovely. This is the first time I've heard of Partuza. I am trying to >> write a real container. I assumed I could use Shindig. Do I need to use >> something else in addition? How is a developer supposed to get a handle >> on all of this? >> >> Kevin, I really appreciate that you answered my question quickly and are >> trying to help. But, putting yourself in my position, wouldn't you be >> incredibly frustrated if you worked at a small company and were tasked >> with implementing an OS container using Shindig? >> > >
