Netvibes Developer Meetup - Paris - May 2008
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The document discusses UWA (Universal Widgets Architecture), a format for web widgets. It describes the key components of the UWA format, including metadata, preferences, scripting, style, and content. It also outlines the UWA JavaScript API and how it allows widgets to interact with their environment. Finally, it mentions Netvibes' REST APIs, open source components, and applications that support UWA widgets.
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- 1. Developer Meetup Paris - 30 Mai 2008 Proprietary and confidential. No part of this report may be forwarded without the express permission of the author.
- 2. Widgets! • Web Widgets (Netvibes, IGoogle) • Desktop Widgets (Vista, Dashboard, Yahoo!) Proprietary and confidential. No part of this report may be forwarded without the express permission of the author.
- 3. UWA • a simple, elegant, flexible web widget format • announced at Future of Web Apps in February 2007 • based on web standards (html, javascript, css, xml) Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 4. Why UWA? Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 5. Works in various contexts • works on ANY device, platform, software that support web standards • just need to adapt with a few lines • really ! Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 6. Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 7. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Metadata • Preferences • Scripting • Style • Content Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 8. UWA Format What would Google do? General Format Custom XML Metas Datas <ModulePrefs> Preferences <UserPrefs> Style Blob in <Content> Scripting Blob in <Content> Content Blob in <Content> Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 9. Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 10. UWA Format But wait, why reinvent the wheel ? General Format XHTML Metas Datas <title> <meta> Preferences <widget:preferences> Style <style> Scripting <script> Content <body> Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 11. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Metadatas Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 12. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Preferences Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 13. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Scripting Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 14. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Style Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 15. UWA Format Content Model of a UWA widget • Content Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
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- 17. UWA Javascript API • Widget object • Environment object • Data request • DOM Extensions Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 18. UWA Javascript API Widget object • a bit like DOM document or window objects • widget.body • widget.setValue() getValue() • widget.onLoad = function() {} Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 19. UWA Javascript API Environment object • for implementors • interface between the widget object and the execution environment • to port UWA to a new platform, just extend our base Environment class Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 20. UWA Javascript API Data request methods Set of methods that cover simple Ajax scenarios : • UWA.Data.getFeed(url, callback) • UWA.Data.getJson(url, callback) • UWA.Data.getText(url, callback) • UWA.Data.getXML(url, callback) Take care of proxying, caching and error handling. Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 21. UWA Javascript API DOM extensions • Array • String • HTML elements Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 22. Competition Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 23. Standardisation Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 24. break; Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 25. REST APIs Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 26. REST APIs rest.netvibes.com • Widget Collections • Activities Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 27. REST APIs http://rest.netvibes.com/universe/{username} Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 28. REST APIs http://rest.netvibes.com/universe/{username}?format=json Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 29. Rest API roadmap • Public Data (now) • Private Data (oauth) (summer) • Read / Write (september) Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 30. Netvibes.org netvibes open source components Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 31. UWA runtime • javascript libraries to run UWA widgets • let you port UWA where you want Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 32. PHP Exposition libraries • PHP classes to • interact with Netvibes backend • parse & compile UWA widgets Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 33. Exposition PHP Server • a widget server based on Exposition PHP Libraries • render widget through iframes • data proxy Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 34. Applications • mobile market applications Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 35. Developer Meetup - Paris - 30 Mai 2008
- 36. Contact : francois@netvibes.com UNITED KINGDOM FRANCE USA CHINA London Paris San Francisco Dahlian 52, New Inn Hall Street 38, rue du Sentier 840 Battery Street 552 32 7 Oxford - OX12DN Paris - 75002 94111 San Francisco Proprietary and confidential. No part of this report may be forwarded without the express permission of the author.