The document discusses the use of application wikis for enhancing productivity among developers and end users, highlighting features such as WYSIWYG editing and enterprise integration tools. It outlines the evolving functionality of wikis from simple databases to extensible platforms with scripts and APIs. Future prospects for wiki applications include real-time collaboration, mobile access, and semantic capabilities.

1. High Productivity
With Application Wikis

2. about:me
twitter.com/jvelo
XWiki.org core committer
● Development of platform & products
● Contribs of plugins, extensions & apps
XWiki SAS employee
● XWiki Romania team leader
● Customer projects

3. about:xwiki
twitter.com/xwiki
XWiki.org
● LGPL platform & products
● > 10000 download/year
XWiki.com
● 28 people - French, European start-up
● Big-names customers in Europe & US

4. Agenda
Application wikis :
➔ High productivity for developers
➔ High productivity for end users
save &

5. What is a wiki? 1999?
in
● “The simplest online
database that could
possibly work”
(Ward Cunningham)
● Web pages anyone with
access can edit, with:
• Linking capabilities
• Revision history

6. What is a wiki in 2009?
● WYSIWYG
● Enterprise integration (LDAP, Office,
rights management, PDF)
Knowledge
● Unstructured AND/OR structured
data pages Base
Editable script runtime!
+
●
● Extensible, Integrable (mashups,
APIs, apps) Platform
● ...this slide is not enough

7. Use cases

8. Wiki Apps: N OT F OR
● A Flight Simulator
Real-time/embedded apps
World domination botnet

9. Wiki Apps: F OR
Document-centric
Collaborative apps

10. Wiki Apps: F OR

11. Wiki Apps: w h y ?
My
Apps

12. Developers say y a y
How do I implement X, Y or Z?
wait...
It is there already !

13. Developers say y a y
● 10” Document Type + CRUD
● In-wiki scripts
● Java plugins/components
● UI extensions (JS/CSS)
● APIs REST/GWT/XML-
RPC
● IDE integration

14. Users say y a y
How do I perform X, Y or Z
wait...
I know it already !

15. Demo

16. App Wikis: Future
Arnold says:
cool
● Annotations
● Real-time collab
● P2P
● Offline
● Mobile
● Semantic

17. Thanks! - Q/A