Create Practical Mashup Projects with New Book on Ruby on Rails
May 12th, 19:47 UTC
Ruby on Rails Web Mashup Projects is a new book from Packt, which helps readers create seven practical mashup projects by following step-by-step instructions. Written by Chang Sau Sheong, this book guides methodically through concrete steps to build the mashup.
A web mashup is a new type of web application that uses data and services from one or more external sources to build entirely new and different web applications. Web mashups usually mash up data and services that are available freely, commercially, or through other partnership agreements on the internet. The external sources that a mashup uses are known as mashup APIs.
This book shows readers how to write web mashups using Ruby on Rails, the popular web application development framework. The book has seven real-world projects and each project is described in a methodical step-by-step way; showing how to write a web mashup from the groundup.
This book covers: Google Maps API, Yahoo geocoding services, Geocoder.us geocoding services, Geocoder.ca geocoding services, Hostip.info, Google Spreadsheet, EditGrid, Clickatell, Interfax, Amazon ECS, Sparklines, Facebook, Indeed, DayLife, Technorati, Futef, WebserviceX Currency Convertor, Weatherbug, Google Bases, Geonames, Flickr, Paypal, Google Calendar, Google Account Authentication, Google Data, and Google Spreadsheet Data.
The book is project-based. The format of each project is similar, with a statement of the project, discussion of the main protocols involved, an overview of the API, and then complete code for building the project.
This book is for Ruby on Rails developers who want to expand the features of their site by consuming remote external data and services. Basic knowledge of Ruby on Rails programming is required but readers need not have any experience of any of the APIs used.
For more details on the book please visit www.PacktPub.com/ruby-on-rails-web-mashup-projects/book
(Submitted by Shriharsha Bhat of Packt Publishing)
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