Chapter 3. Constructing the Foundation of a Social Application Platform

Once you understand the core concepts behind an application platform, the next step is to define the skeleton for your application and platform. Apache Shindig is a widely accepted standard for creating the container infrastructure for hosting OpenSocial gadgets. This infrastructure allows developers to use a simplified gadgets XML spec file to mark up their gadgets.

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