Apache Shindig

Apache Shindig

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Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.0.0 / September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10)
Development status	Active
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:

• 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

• OpenSocial
• Web widget

External links

• Official website
• OpenSocial Foundation Homepage