| Book Description: |
The Google Mashup Editor (GME) is an online development environment for creating mashups - web applications that draw data from various sources, process it, and present it in novel ways. In this book you will: * Become familiar with the GME environment. * Learn about the gm: tags that underpin Google mashup applications. * Learn core techniques for reading and writing data feeds, for handling events, and for utilizing the JavaScript API. * Review example GME applications devised by the Google team and others. * Develop a comprehensive case study application. * Make mashups available by publishing them, embedding in web pages, and distributing as Google Gadgets. * Integrate GME applications with Yahoo! Pipes, for even more innovative solutions. * Devise solutions to reader exercises; and learn from the model answers provided. |
